(2018-11-13) Superstar Ex-Facebook And Google Exec Is Trying To Upend A 6Billion Industry With Devices That Spot Disease Sooner

A superstar ex-Facebook and Google exec is trying to upend a $6 billion industry with devices that spot disease sooner — and she's already testing it on animals. ...Mary Lou Jepsen to embark on her latest initiative as the founder of a San Francisco-based startup called Openwater.

...portable, miniature MRIs which could do everything from observing the effects of a medication in real time to monitoring a breast cancer tumor to decide if surgery is necessary.

Jepsen's ultimate goal is to get her product in people's homes, where they could be used to observe the effects of a medication in real time or help monitor the progression of a disease like cancer.