NIT-R Researchers Find Semiconductor Tech for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Prof Prasanna Kumar Sahu and research scholar Priyanka Karmakar have come up with a technology to accurately identify breast cancer cells without requiring complicated or expensive laboratory procedures, writes Prasanjeet Sarkar

- Rourkela

What could revolutionize early breast cancer detection for effective and timely cancer management, researchers at the National Institute of Technology - Rourkela (NIT-R) have developed a technology for simpler, faster and affordable detection of breast cancer cells.

The technology—a novel semiconductor device-based biosensor model in computer simulation test—has been developed by NIT-R's Prof Prasanna Kumar Sahu of the department of electrical engineering along with his research scholar Priyanka Karmakar. It requires no complicated or expensive laboratory procedures but accurately identifies breast cancer cells.