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Blind help detect breast cancer

Goebel, Nicole / MMTApril 23, 2012

Dr. Frank Hoffmann from Duisburg had the idea of using blind people to carry out breast examinations. Their keen sense of touch makes them particularly suitable. Since 2006, Hoffman has been running the project "Discovering Hands," which gives the blind new job prospects as "medical touch examiners.

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Report by Christina Beyert, presented in English by Sonya Diehn