Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria
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http://www.ted.com Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves. See this INTERVIEW with Bonnie Bassler, "the Bacteria Whisperer" on the TED Blog: http://... Read more
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- -: Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria
April 8, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves. See this INTERVIEW with Bonnie Bassler,...
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August 4, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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