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What if a simple blood test could detect cancer?

Hani Goodarzi · TED

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Catching cancer at its earliest stages saves lives. But in a body made up of trillions of cells, how do you spot a small group of rogue cancer cells? Biomedical researcher Hani Goodarzi discusses his lab's discovery of a new class of RNAs that, when paired with emerging AI tools, could help detect cancer earlier, more precisely and even through routine blood work — potentially transforming our understanding of the disease.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED Immigrant Diaspora: Iranian
Speaker
Hani Goodarzi
Year
2023
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Computer science
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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