Pretty interesting video, IMHO. The medical potential could be enormous.
http://www.ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html
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Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria "talk"
- Thread starter Orsbore
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darthrender2010
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this is amazing
Möbiµs
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Seen this twice already, it's awesome.
Shapeshifter
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Awesome. Awesome science 
Oh then it just came to my mind again, creationist idiot saying "Science only leads to killing people" - "Good word, good word!" :facepalm:
right... If it wasn't for research like this they would be lucky to get past their 40's....
Oh then it just came to my mind again, creationist idiot saying "Science only leads to killing people" - "Good word, good word!" :facepalm:
right... If it wasn't for research like this they would be lucky to get past their 40's....
JacobEvans
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Brilliance.
I hope this won't lead to the same problems with resistance that current antibiotics have.
Either way it will at least open up a new front to fight disease.
I hope this won't lead to the same problems with resistance that current antibiotics have.
Either way it will at least open up a new front to fight disease.
CupOfWater
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That is incredible.
This WILL be the new antibiotica!
This WILL be the new antibiotica!
Shapeshifter
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Conserve the internet? Poor bastard...
It's a lady talking about how bacteria communicate using specific molecules. Point is, that a bacterial illness apparently becomes dangerous only if enough bacteria have been replicated (or else an "attack" would be futile). So through the concentration of signal molecules, the bacteria manage to "inform" others of their presence, and at one point, where there are enough bacteria, all of them activate simultaneously.
What they are now doing is to trick the bacteria in believing that they are alone so they don't activate (by jamming the receptors which are supposed to check for signal molecule presence). Or mess with the signaling molecules in other ways to manipulate the bacterias behaviour. Good stuff.
It's a lady talking about how bacteria communicate using specific molecules. Point is, that a bacterial illness apparently becomes dangerous only if enough bacteria have been replicated (or else an "attack" would be futile). So through the concentration of signal molecules, the bacteria manage to "inform" others of their presence, and at one point, where there are enough bacteria, all of them activate simultaneously.
What they are now doing is to trick the bacteria in believing that they are alone so they don't activate (by jamming the receptors which are supposed to check for signal molecule presence). Or mess with the signaling molecules in other ways to manipulate the bacterias behaviour. Good stuff.