When:     7:00 pm, Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Where:    Batdorf & Bronson Coffee House, 516 Capitol Way South, Olympia, Washington. Phone 360.786.6717

The Use of Hair in Detecting Breast Cancer

Recent studies have shown that subtle changes in the X-ray diffraction pattern of women’s hair can be used for early detection of breast cancer. X-ray diffraction has also been shown to detect other forms of cancer in both men and women. Studies using infrared spectroscopy are providing more details on these structural changes in hair and sheds some light on what may be causing them.

Giving us his first hand account of this research is Donald Lyman, Ph.D., FBSE.  Dr. Lyman is Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah. He held joint faculty appointments in the Department of Bioengineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Surgery, and the Chemistry Department,

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