Student Invents Pain-Free At-Home Breast Cancer Testing Device, Wins Top Prize

Student Invents Pain-Free At-Home Breast Cancer Testing Device, Wins Top Prize
Courtesy of James Dyson Award
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The invention of an affordable, reusable, noninvasive device to help women screen for breast cancer at home has won a biomedical engineering student a top award.

Spanish student Judit Giró Benet, 23, is one of two recipients of the 2020 James Dyson Award, an annual award for trailblazing inventors. The accolade came with a $35,000 cash prize.