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The wearable device that could help to detect cancer

Xinge Yu hopes to patent a wearable device that measures tissue stiffness to detect serious illnesses.
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  1. Sarah O’Meara

    1. Sarah O’Meara is a freelance journalist based in London.

Biomedical engineer Xinge Yu at the City University of Hong Kong co-led a team that developed a wearable, electromechanical device to aid the diagnosis of tumours and skin disorders by measuring a human body’s tissue stiffness. He tells Nature about the research and how he hopes to patent the invention in China.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02733-x

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

This article is part of Nature Spotlight: Biomedical engineering in China, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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