Dr. Kang, a UArizona Cancer Center member and associate professor in optical sciences, biomedical engineering and the BIO5 Institute, works with his students to design and create each of the handcrafted instruments lining the lab’s hydraulic table.

Dr. Dongkyun Kang discusses improving patient care with novel optical microscopy technologies

Researchers have spent years finding how to examine cancerous cells without taking them out of the body. UArizona biomedical engineer Dr. D.K. Kang is working to make that technology less expensive and more available to patients.

Students in the ENGAGED program get an early start in faculty laboratories and research groups.

Biomedical engineering and optical sciences professor Dongkyun "DK" Kang is developing a way to diagnose and treat corneal ulcers that's eight times cheaper and 20 times faster than today's gold standard.

BIO5 researchers are tackling one of the world’s leading health scourges with new prevention, diagnostic, and treatment approaches.

UArizona Cancer Center has been at the forefront of advancing cancer prevention and treatment.

BIO5's interdisciplinary approach to scientific research has resulted in disease prevention strategies and promising new therapies, innovative diagnostics and devices, and improved food crops.

Dr. DK Kang is using a smartphone to screen for cervical cancer and precancer