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Jan 31, 2012

by Sabine sader -beiruting

Doctor in your pocket

Doctor in your pocket...How smartphones may be able to diagnose diseases from just a drop of blood or saliva on screen

Backed by government funding, South Korean scientists have developed new mobile-phone technology designed to diagnose disease.
This could result in instant diagnosis' for illnesses from just a droplet of blood or saliva on a Smartphone's touchscreen.

Professor Park Hyun-Gyu says his teams research will enable mobile phones to diagnose a range of diseases from cancer to diabetes.

He said: 'Currently, we've reached the level where we can detect certain biomolecules' existence or concentration, but we cant define what the biomolecule is. Therefore, we'e producing a film covered in a substance which can selectively react to certain biomolecules so that we can determine what those biomolecules are.'

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