Uploaded July 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Research funded by the NIH at Rice University has resulted in a portable, fiber optic microscope that non-invasively characterizes and diagnoses precancerous and cancerous cells. Both low cost and battery-powered, this point-of-care device is ideally suited to low resource settings and facilitates immediate outpatient therapy.

For more information on the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering go to nibib.nih.gov