New packaging solutions for life sciences, all at PACK EXPO in Chicago
Discover new packaging solutions from hundreds of suppliers specializing in life sciences, all under one roof at PACK EXPO International in Chicago.

#1: Teen Invents Cancer-Detecting Bra

Quick Hits Greatest Hits: Counting down the best stories from the last 100 weeks. May 18, 2017: An 18-year-old has created a bra containing biosensors capable of spotting early signs of breast cancer.

Rios and his cancer-detecting bra. / Image: Higia
Rios and his cancer-detecting bra. / Image: Higia

A Telegraph article tells of new device aimed at combatting breast cancer through early detection. After his mother endured a double mastectomy, 18-year-old Julian Rios Cantu invented a bra capable of detecting signs of breast cancer. Rios’ Mexico-based company, Higia Technologies, won the $20,000 top prize in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

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