# Hacking bacteria to fight cancer

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Tal Danino
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tal_danino_hacking_bacteria_to_fight_cancer)
- 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)

In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidly growing cancer in his neck came down with an unrelated bacterial skin infection. As he recovered from the infection, the cancer surprisingly began to recede. The infection had stimulated the patient's immune system. Today, synthetic biologists program bacteria to safely deliver drugs directly to tumors. How is this possible? Tal Danino investigates. \[Directed by Chris Bishop, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Hacking bacteria to fight cancer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tal_danino_hacking_bacteria_to_fight_cancer/9be114af519f), 5 min (TED's player)