豪尔赫·索托的姑妈因背痛就医，六个月后才被确诊为三期肺癌。这一经历促使他与费·克里斯托杜卢共同研发出一种简单、非侵入性、开源的癌症早期筛查检测工具，并在TEDGlobal 2014上首次公开展示原型，引发了关于谁将监管这一新兴技术的深层思考。
大约一年前，豪尔赫·索托的姑妈开始感到背部疼痛。对于一个打了三十年网球的人来说，这不过是一次寻常的运动损伤，但在她迟迟未见好转之后，医生决定进行进一步检查。先是X光，再是活检，直到六个月后，他们才发现她患上了三期肺癌——尽管她毫无风险因素：这个人从不吸烟饮酒，半辈子都在坚持运动。
这个故事听起来是否似曾相识？索托指出，每三个人中就有一人在一生中会被诊断出某种癌症，每四人中就有一人会因此离世。（观看他的TED演讲：癌症早期检测的未来？）然而，尽管我们深知早期发现癌症是对抗它最接近”银弹”的手段，大多数人仍不得不等到出现症状才意识到身体出了问题。为什么？因为这就是自古以来癌症诊断的方式。”我们拥有21世纪的治疗手段和药物，却在用20世纪的程序和流程进行诊断，”索托上周在TEDGlobal 2014的舞台上说道。几分钟后，他公开首次展示了一个可行原型，呈现出进步的可能：一种移动式、非侵入性、开源的检测方案，可用于早期发现多种癌症的迹象。
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