News© Institutional Communication, 12/09/2008
A study on diffusion of light in animal tissue could propel new methods for early diagnosis of cancer
A research project by Carlos Pardo, carried out at the CIMA of the University of Navarra, was awarded a special prize from the Arquímedes Contest
Carlos Pardo (top right) with Minster Cristina Garmendia and some of the winners from the Arquímedes Contest.
Photo: Cedida
Carlos Pardo, a student of the first Graduating Class of the Master´s Degree in Biomedical Engineering of the University of Navarra, was awarded the AstraZéneca Foundation’s special prize in the Arquímedes Contest, organized by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. His project, under the direction of the professors Arrate Muñoz Barrutia and Carlos Ortiz de Solórzano of the Cancer Imaging Laboratory, was selected from out of more than two hundred. His study was carried out at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra.
The study analyzed the behaviour of light as it penetrates the organ tissues of laboratory animals. According to Carlos Ortiz de Solórzano, “this project will facilitate the development of new, non-invasive imaging instruments which enable detection of genetic activity related to cancer.
Holder of a Licentiate in Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid Carlos is currently a doctoral student of Medical Physics and Engineering as part of a joint program between the University of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EE.UU). “In this program, we have classes of Medicine and Medical Technology and Biological Engineering. The Americans call it “translational medicine” because it is designed to give students experience in both fields so as to be able to research new medical technologies” explained Carlos Pardo.
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