Start-up wins $44K for a product that could revolutionize women’s health
MASc student, CT Murphy’s start-up is a finalist in the Odlum Brown Forum Pitch, a Canadian program for women entrepreneurs. Murphy’s partner and COO, Ibukun Elebute presented at the event and secured $44K in winnings for CELLECT.
The product is being designed by Murphy with the guidance of her supervisor, Professor Marc Aucoin. They are developing a menstrual pad infused with nanomaterials that will be able to collect bacterial and cervical cells. The pad would then be sent to a lab for processing to screen for human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.
The hope is that this new product could one day replace Pap tests, which would be a transformational leap forward in women’s health. The win was recently chronicled in a CBC news article.