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Guardian reporter Marina Gerner spotlights Bloomer Tech, a startup founded by several MIT alumnae, which is designing smart bras that gather cardiovascular data to help bridge the medical gender bias gap. “We transformed a typical medical device into everyday medical-grade garments that women will actually want to wear,” says Bloomber Tech co-founder and CEO Alicia Chong Rodriguez ’17, ‘18.
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