Could we detect breast cancer with a fingerprint?

Name: Could we detect breast cancer with a fingerprint?
Uploaded: 2025-08-27T14:17:06Z
Duration: 12 min 29 s
Description: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of the invasive and sometimes painful process of mammograms. Chemist and professor Simona Francese presents a potentially groundbreaking alternative that could transform how and when we identify this deadly disease.

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Simona Francese |

TEDxManchester

• March 2025

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of the invasive and sometimes painful process of mammograms. Chemist and professor Simona Francese presents a potentially groundbreaking alternative that could transform how and when we identify this deadly disease.