Patience Mthunzi K.

Patience Mthunzi-Kufa is a South African biophotonics researcher and biomedical engineer. She leads research applying high-power lasers to manipulate cells, with work spanning stem cell engineering, cancer cell targeting, and HIV research. Quotes I use lasers to optically manipulate cells … my goal is to translate my research from petri dishes to human testing. TED Talk: "Could we cure HIV with lasers?" (2012) I am concerned about the brain drain of African scientists out of South Africa. — Interview in *Mail & Guardian* (2012) We are using laser technology or laser-based technology for drug delivery. Patience talking about laser technology External links TED Profile ResearchGate Profile Category:Living people Category:Women engineers from South Africa Category:Women scientists from South Africa Category:Women academics from South Africa