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Meet your microbes

Jonathan Eisen · TED

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About

Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes -- both the pathogens that make us sick and the "good" microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy. At TEDMED, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen shares what we know, including some surprising ways to put those good microbes to work.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDMED 2012
Speaker
Jonathan Eisen
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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