Biomedical optics engineer Jesse Wilson named a Boettcher Investigator

(Colorado State University) Mitochondrial diseases are devastating illnesses caused by defects in cellular organelles called mitochondria. Their cells starved of energy, most stricken children die by age 12. There is no cure, and diagnosis can take months.Colorado State University biomedical engineer Jesse Wilson wants to change all of that. The assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering is proposing a radical new imaging technology that could diagnose mitochondrial defects in an instant.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news