A recent issue of the magazine Businessweek features the latest research of Dr. James Tunnell, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
A recent issue of the magazine Business Week features the latest research of Dr. James Tunnell, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. The article which appears in Bloomberg Businessweek features Dr. Tunnell’s research on the development of a pen-size device that can detect skin cancer without the need for a biopsy. Business Week includes this miniaturized medical equipment as one of the "20 most important inventions of the next 10 years."
"At a time that the cost of health care and health care delivery are major concerns of all citizens, Dr. Tunnell’s pioneering contributions and his miniature diagnostic medical system are expected to provide a new dimension to the early detection of skin cancer," says Dr. Nicholas A. Peppas, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department. "Dr. Tunnell’s work is one more example of the highly innovative projects that are being carried out in our Department these days and of the impact these devices will have to the betterment of the quality of life of our patients."
James Tunnell’s project is funded by the Coulter Foundation and involves the noninvasive diagnosis of skin cancer.
