Cécile Réal (; born 29 November 1973) is a French

biomedical engineer Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

and business executive. In 2012, as president of Endodiag, she won the Cartier Women's Initiative Award for developing tools to diagnose and treat

endometriosis Endometriosis is a disease in which Tissue (biology), tissue similar to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, grows in other places in the body, outside the uterus. It occurs in women and a limited number of other female mammals. Endomet ...

Biography

Réal, who studied

biomechanical engineering Biomechanical engineering, also considered a subfield of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, combines principles of physics (with a focus on mechanics), biology, and engineering. Topics of interest in this field include (experiment ...

at the

University of Technology of Compiègne The University of Technology of Compiègne (, UTC) is a public research university located in Compiègne, France. The university has both the status of public university and grande école. It was founded in 1972 as the first experimental Institu ...

(1991–1996) also has a master's degree in business and technology management from

Lappeenranta University of Technology Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (''Finnish language, Finnish'': Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto LUT), better known by the abbreviation LUT University (''Finnish language, Finnish'': LUT-yliopisto) is a Finland, Finnish ...

in Finland. In 1999, when she was only 25, she founded and ran Bioprofile which produced orthopaedic implants with pyrocarbon. She sold the company in 2007, deeming it important to allow more experienced players to bring the products to market. While serving as chief operating officer at Ariana Pharma (2008–2010), a company specializing in

biomarker In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, ...

s, in 2009 she founded Fluoptics which handles

fluorescence imaging Fluorescence imaging is a type of non-invasive imaging technique that can help visualize biological processes taking place in a living organism. Images can be produced from a variety of methods including: microscopy, imaging probes, and spectrosco ...

for cancer surgery. In 2011, she co-founded Endodiag where she is CEO. Endodiag specializes in endometriosis which occurs when small pieces of the lining of the womb migrate to other parts of the body. The cells cause pain and can lead to infertility. It is not unusual for diagnosis to take up to nine years. The company is developing methods to improve diagnosis with tools such as EndoGram, based on biopsy, and EndoDiag, relying on a simple blood test. In 2016, Réal was the speaker for a TEDx Talk on "Endometriosis-The Mystery Disease of Women."

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