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Could a breathalyzer detect cancer? | Julian Burschka

Could a breathalyzer detect cancer? | Julian Burschka

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing


Could a breathalyzer detect cancer? | Julian Burschka

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How is it that a breathalyzer can measure the alcohol content in someone's blood, hours after they had their last drink, based on their breath alone? And could we use this same technology to detect disease by analyzing a person's breath, without having to use more invasive diagnostic tools like biopsies, blood draws, and radiation? Julian Burschka details the complicated process. [Directed by Cabong Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Matheus Wittmann].
Released:
Jan 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).