Vadim Backman: Detecting Cancer at its Earliest Stages
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English - November 14, 2016 05:00 - 8 minutes - 3.98 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine science research nih biomedical research fauci trump pandemic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What if you could detect cancer at its earliest stages – before there are any symptoms that would send you to a doctor? What if such a diagnostic tool existed and it was low-cost, minimally invasive and easy to use? The impact would be huge.Northwestern University professor of bioengineering and biophotonics Vadim Backman is closing in on this goal. By the end of 2017 he expects that the first of a series of cancer pre-screening tests will be available for use by physicians.