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Tal Danino: We can use bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it)
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Liver cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to detect, but synthetic biologist Tal Danino had a left-field thought: What if we could create a probiotic, edible bacteria that was "programmed" to find liver tumors? His insight exploits something we're just beginning to understand about bacteria: their power of quorum sensing, or doing something together once they reach critical mass. Danino, a TED Fellow, explains how quorum sensing works — and how clever bacteria working together could someday change cancer treatment.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;bacteria;biology;cancer;health;TED2015;2015
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