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	Podcast:		TEDTalks Health
	Episode:		Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it) \| Tal Danino
	Category:		Health
	Duration:		00:04:11
	Publish Date:		2015-05-07 10:03:26
	Description:		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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