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What Were Alatraktchi’s Results After Following Her 62 Patients

Her device caught bacterial conversations in more than half of the patient samples that were diagnosed as negative by traditional methods. Half of these patients went home thinking they were free from infection, despite carrying dangerous bacteria. The bacteria were coordinating a synchronized attack within these wrongly diagnosed patients.

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

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