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UTA researcher earns grant to develop gas sensor to detect lung cancer from breath

Cancer detectorCurrent methods of detecting lung cancer consist of imaging methods and invasive biopsies, which can be stressful and painful for patients. Yuze “Alice” Sun, an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a $199,999 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to develop a non-invasive means to detect early stage lung cancer through biomarkers in a patient’s breath instead, saving the patient from needle biopsies and extended waits for a diagnosis. Sun plans to develop an

UTA materials scientist invents breath monitor to detect flu

Flu fighterPerena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the journal Sensors that describes her invention of a hand-held breath monitor that can potentially detect the flu virus. The article , published in January 2017, explains in-depth how the single-exhale sensing device works and the research involved in its creation, which was funded by the National Science Foundation through the Smart Connected Health program. Gouma’s device is similar to the

Research uses data mining to help early identification, prevention of Alzheimer’s disease

Harnessing big dataA University of Texas at Arlington computer scientist will analyze complex data and use imaging genomics to predict a person’s probability of contracting Alzheimer’s disease. Heng Huang, a professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department , won a five-year, $2 million grant through the National Institutes of Health to use multi-dimensional and longitudinal imaging genomic data to identify biomarkers that may be used for early prediction of Alzheimer’s disease, with the hope that the effects of the disease may be reversed or prevented.

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