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Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria

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 fo...  
 
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kevinjay69 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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DrD0000M, I think you have missed the point of the speech with your pointless comment. Yes, she is probably wrong when she stated 1 trillion. But estimates vary anywhere from 20-100 trillion, and there is no way to know precisely how many there are. Did you come across that in your vast google search??
marialaszlo (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Fantastic speech fantastic scientist.
DrD0000M (1 month ago) Show Hide
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What the hell?! The human body has about 100 trillion cells not 1 trillion. Google it lady. The human brain alone is made of ~50-100 Billion neurons.
DrD0000M (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Other than that, interesting speech.
Burdell22000 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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I would fvck all her bacteria up
1RadicalOne (2 months ago) Show Hide
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This may well be the future of antibiotics...
doloppost (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Wow! I understood everything she wanted to share! Great TED talk told with such sparkling enthousiasm :)
lishun (3 months ago) Show Hide
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so THAT'S how commensals recognise each other! great stuff.
boylebongo (3 months ago) Show Hide
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she should have bowed. I felt like bowing for her. truly awesome presentation. my mind has expanded. ty for that. :D
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Shes a perfect speaker! And I've never thought that anyone could speak about germs with such enthusiasm. ;p

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