New technology saves lives

In many regions of the world, health care is hard to come by, but Rebecca Richards-Kortum is helping to reduce those inequities. A professor of bioengineering at Rice University, Richards-Kortum has developed technology to detect cancer early in low-resource populations. Richards-Kortum spoke at Texas A&M University on Tuesday, focusing on global health solutions. Her lecture "From Cell Phones to Cell Biology: High Tech, Low Cost Solutions for Global Health" was part of the University Distinguished Lecture Series, established in 1998 to bring distinguished scholars in various fields to the University. The discussed efforts to integrate advances in bioengineering research that the majority of the world has not been able to benefit from, such as cancer prevention in low resource areas. "We develop cost-effective optical imaging and spectroscopy tools to reduce the incidence and mortality of cancer and infectious disease through early detection at the point-of-care," Richards-Kortum said.

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