Program 9, Episode 204

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One in 3 Americans can expect to be diagnosed with some form of cancer at one point in their life. A key to treating and defeating this insidious disease is to find it quickly before it spreads. Now thanks to enterprising work done by researchers at NASA, doctors may soon have a new device called the Smart Probe which will be able to detect some forms of cancer instantaneously, greatly improving the patient’s chance for survival.

Tonya St. Romain spoke with Dr. Robert Mah at NASA Ames Research Center to find out more.

Additional Information http://ssrl.arc.nasa.gov/breastcancer.html