Team NanoBiosym Gene-Radar - Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE
Channel: XPRIZE
Date: 2014-03-26

NanoBiosym is one of many teams participating in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition.  

Nanobiosym® (NBS) is an innovation engine dedicated to creating a new science that emerges from the holistic integration of physics, biomedicine, and nanotechnology. NBS focuses on incubating transformational technologies that have the potential for game-changing impact and commercializing and scaling up these technologies for deployment in developed and developing world markets. NBS leverages science and technology to address our planet's greatest unmet needs in global health, energy and the environment.

Nanobiosym® Diagnostics (NBSDx) focuses on the commercialization of the Gene-RADAR®, a portable nanotechnology platform that can rapidly and accurately detect genetic fingerprints from any biological organism, empowering people worldwide with rapid, affordable, and portable diagnostic information about their own health.

Team Leader: Anita Goel 
Cambridge, MA, United States 

The $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is truly a global competition to revolutionize digital healthcare. We have officially registered teams from around the world ready to compete with health technologies they believe will radically transform the healthcare industry.

http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/teams
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ABOUT XPRIZE

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