Affordable cervical cancer test holds life-preserving promise

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November 7, 2022 Purdue News

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —

Cervical cancer killed 342,000 women around the world in 2020. According to the World Health Organization, the vast majority of these women — about 90% — lived in low- and middle-income countries where access to testing for early detection is either unaffordable or nonexistent.

Purdue researchers Jacqueline Linnes and Sulma Mohammed are determined to save lives by developing a low-cost, point-of-care paper test that could revolutionize cervical cancer detection worldwide.

More information can be read on the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships website.

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Media contact: Amy Raley, araley@purdue.edu