Article 37EPE Low-cost device to diagnose skin cancer wins international Dyson award

Low-cost device to diagnose skin cancer wins international Dyson award

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Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
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Hand-held device dubbed sKan measures skin temperature to quickly and accurately identify melanoma, and could save lives around the world

A low-cost hand-held device which could help save lives across the world by diagnosing skin cancer early has won its inventors a prestigious international award and cash prize of 30,000.

Four graduates of McMaster University in Canada have scooped the James Dyson award for their invention, dubbed sKan: an easy-to-use gadget which measures skin temperature to quickly and accurately identify melanoma.

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