Smartphones may be able to diagnose diseases from just a drop of blood or saliva on screen.
- Mobile phone could diagnose a range of diseases including cancer and diabetes
- Scientists believe technology could save billions in healthcare costs
South Korean scientists Professor Park Hyun-Gyu (left) and researcher Won Byoung-Yeon (right) have
developed new technology which they believe could result in smartphones -
such as an iPhone - being able to diagnose diseases.
Incredibly, this could result in instant
diagnosis' for illnesses from just a droplet of blood or saliva on a
Smartphone's touchscreen. The team believe they are the first
to demonstrate that a touchscreen can be used to detect bio-molecules. But researcher Won Byoung-Yeon says more work
needs to be done before the technology is perfected.
And
those behind the revolutionary technology say the recognition rate is
almost 100 per cent accurate and as effective as conventional medical
equipment.
The technology was developed on the
basis of the touchscreen's capacity, called 'capacitive
sensitivity', to detect the minute electrical
signals generated by a fingertip's touch.
A team at the Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology said when its technology is
commercialized, it will revolutionize diagnostic medicine around the
world.
Professor Park Hyun-Gyu says
his team's research will enable mobile phones to diagnose a range of
diseases from cancer to diabetes. He said biomolecules, like those produced by diseases, transmit
similar signals that a touchscreen can recognise.
Mr Hyun-Gyu said: 'If you have a certain type
of DNA or proteins, the touchscreen would react in the same way as a
finger's electrical signal is detected.'
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