Tal Danino: Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it)
Tal Danino: Můžeme využít bakterie k detekci rakoviny (a možná ji i léčit)
Tal Danino explores the emerging frontier of combining biology and engineering (and art). He is a 2015 TED Fellow. Full bio
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than stars in our entire galaxy.
než hvězd v celé galaxii.
of bacteria inside of us
bakterií v nás
like we program computers.
jako programujeme počítače.
some kind of sports play,
nějaký popis sportovního utkání,
the first bacterial program I developed.
programu, který jsem vytvořil.
we can print and write DNA
můžeme tisknout a psát DNA
and programs inside of bacteria.
programů uvnitř bakterií.
is produces fluorescent proteins
fluorescenční proteiny,
to communicate and synchronize,
a synchronizaci tak,
that you see here
kterou zde vidíte,
is that our genetic program
náš genetický program
to each produce small molecules,
k produkci malých molekul,
the thousands of individual bacteria
jednotlivými bakteriemi
zapnout a vypnout.
quite well at this scale,
při této velikosti synchronizují,
them together can only travel so fast,
synchronizuje, cestuje omezenou rychlostí,
this results in traveling waves
cestující vlny
far away from each other,
velmi vzdáleny.
from right to left across the screen.
zprava doleva napříč obrazovkou.
relies on a natural phenomenon
na přírodní jev,
and sometimes virulent behaviors
a občas nakažlivé chování,
in action in this movie,
vidět v tomto videu,
only begins to glow
začíná zářit,
or critical density.
kritické hustoty.
rhythmic patterns of fluorescent proteins
rytmický vzorů fluorescenčních proteinů
we call The Supernova,
říkáme Supernova,
these beautiful patterns,
these bacteria to do?
přimět bakterie dělat?
how we can program bacteria
jak programovat bakterie,
in our bodies like cancer.
jako rakovina.
faktů o bakteriích je,
inside of tumors.
jsou obvykle
has no access,
to grow and thrive.
aby rostly a vzkvétaly.
probiotické bakterie,
that have a health benefit,
prospěšné bakterie
when orally delivered to mice,
při ústním podání myším
grow inside of liver tumors.
v jaterních nádorech.
of the probiotics,
to produce a signal
programmed these probiotics
přímo naprogramovali,
the color of your urine
která změní barvu moči,
detect liver cancer,
rakovinu jater,
to detect otherwise.
velmi obtížné detekovat.
specifically localize to tumors,
umisťují v nádorech,
to not only detect cancer
na detekci rakoviny,
from within the tumor environment
molekul zevnitř nádoru,
existující tumory.
using quorum sensing programs
užívající quorum sensing,
taking a programmed probiotic
užijete naprogramovaných probiotik,
I worked with artist Vik Muniz
umělcem Vikem Munizem
or cancer cells.
rakovinových buněk.
and purpose of this microscopic universe
mikroskopického vesmíru
for the future of cancer research.
v budoucnosti výzkumu rakoviny.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tal Danino - Synthetic biologistTal Danino explores the emerging frontier of combining biology and engineering (and art). He is a 2015 TED Fellow.
Why you should listen
Tal Danino's research explores the emerging frontier of combining biology, engineering and medicine. His work as a synthetic biologist focuses on reprogramming bacteria to detect and treat diseases in our bodies such as cancer.
Originally from Los Angeles, Danino received B.S. degrees from UCLA in Physics, Chemistry and Math, and received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UCSD. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently an assistant professor at Columbia University in New York.
Danino's work has been published in scientific journals and highlighted in several popular press venues. He actively develops "Bio-Art" projects that share perspectives and stories about science with recent projects featured in the New York Times, WIRED, and the Wall Street Journal.
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