Local startup looks at non-invasive alternative to pap smears - CTV News
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A University of Waterloo femtech startup is aiming to improve screening for some of the most common women’s health problems, while finding a non-invasive way to do it.
CELLECT Laboratories is working on a non-invasive technology that could replace the need for pap smears, while still helping people access life-saving screening.
“Basically, making it so that the people who can’t get pap smears or who won’t get pap smears are still able to get life saving screening,” CT Murphy, co-founder/CEO, CELLECT Laboratories, said.
The idea is to embed nanomaterials to collect diagnostic biomarkers from…
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