New Biosensor Could Help Detect Breast Cancer in its Initial Stages Written by AZoSensorsMay 21 2021 At the laboratory level, a group of Spanish scientists has developed a prototype of a new biosensor that can detect breast cancer in its initial stages. Ramón Martínez Máñez, professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the scientific director of the Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER BBN). Image Credit: UPV. One of the coordinators in the team is Ramón Martínez Máñez, who is a professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the scientific director of the Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER BBN).