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Engineer designs micro-endoscope to seek out early signs of cancer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Traditional endoscopes provide a peek inside patients’ bodies. Now, a University of Florida engineering researcher is designing ones capable of a full inspection.

Filed under Engineering, Health, Research on Thursday, November 19, 2009.

Researcher: ‘Optical biopsy’ for breast cancer increasingly accurate

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer.

Filed under Engineering, Health, Research on Thursday, November 5, 2009.