A fascinating exploration of the likenesses between cellular and verbal communication, and their impact on the insurgence of disease. Banafshé Larijani (https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/banafshe-larijani) is Director of the Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath. She is an international scientist and poet who explores the continuum between science and art, and the ways in which translation enables this constant flux.