Podcasts Technology Illinois Innovators Why Cancer Research Needs Engineering Part I: Rohit Bhargava, Director of Cancer Center of Illinois

Why Cancer Research Needs Engineering Part I: Rohit Bhargava, Director of Cancer Center of Illinois

Published: Nov. 16, 2017, 5:14 p.m.

b'This year alone in this country 600,000 people will die from the disease and 1.6 million will be newly diagnosed. In the fight to win, a new generation of researchers will use engineering to advance prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Rohit Bhargava, a pioneer in the field of digital molecular biology, a professor in bionengineering at the University of Illinois and a founding director of the Cancer Center of Illinois joins the program.'