UW News
James Taylor
August 28, 2017
New app could use smartphone selfies to screen for pancreatic cancer
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A new app could lead to earlier detection of pancreatic cancer simply by snapping a smartphone selfie. The disease kills 90 percent of patients within five years, in part because there are no telltale symptoms or non-invasive screening tools to catch a tumor before it spreads.
August 27, 2014
New smartphone app can detect newborn jaundice in minutes
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University of Washington engineers and physicians have developed a smartphone application that checks for jaundice in newborns and can deliver results to parents and pediatricians within minutes.