Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves.
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
TED Talks - Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria's amazing communication system
This reminds me a lot of the work of Howard Bloom in The Global Brain - good stuff.
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