# To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language | Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi

An episode of [TED Talks Science and Medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/470623801), 27 Mar 2019, 12 min.

Audio: https://download.ted.com/products/126303.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0011

Bacteria "talk" to each other, sending chemical information to coordinate attacks. What if we could listen to what they were saying? Nanophysicist Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi invented a tool to spy on bacterial chatter and translate their secret communication into human language. Her work could pave the way for early diagnosis of disease -- before we even get sick.

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