# Can we domesticate germs?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2007
- Speaker: Paul Ewald
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_ewald_can_we_domesticate_germs)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case: diarrhea.

## Lectures

1. [Can we domesticate germs?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_ewald_can_we_domesticate_germs/42a359abbd2e), 18 min (TED's player)