How Can Phones and Drones Help Stop a Cancer Causing Parasite?

By William McCarthy, Cristina Salas, Caroline Crain, Maya Grayck, Jon Beaubrun, Rakesh Kathiresan, Jacob Bartz, Olubukola Adelakun, Phillip Koether, Nehali Shah, Morgan Jibowu, PhD, MPH, Thomas Copeland, Daniel Amao, Simon Birk, Hope T. Leng, and Vaibhav Shokeen
Backed by Phillip Koether, Milt Law, Jamie Cabusao, Fran Dever, Nancy Lawson-Birk, Amy Veatch, Rachel N, A D Belcher, Rakesh Kathiresan, Kathleen McGinn, and 15 other backers
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas
EngineeringMedicine
DOI: 10.18258/77416
$10,622
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7% Funded & Ideas Are Flowing! Kids Educational Booklet...
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Project Launch & Summary: Can a $2.50 microscope help...
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