Recently, researchers have been developing a smartphone app programed to detect leukemia. PhD student Worawut Srisukkham of Northumbria University is the mastermind behind this project. His idea works by using a microscope lens that attaches to the smart phone. By taking a photo of a blood slide, the app would then be able to detect if it is cancerous. This would allow testing to be more accessible to people who would typically not be able to recieve this benefit. Srisukkham's goal is that this app will be a huge benefit to society, and preventing many unnecessary deaths.
Personally, I find this article extremely interesting. I chose this article because of the fact that technology is being advanced so far that we would be able to detect cancer from a cell phone. I wonder where this app will bring medical technology in the future. It is truly brilliant.
Northumbria University. (2014, April 22). 'Blood lab' inside a mobile phone could detect cancer. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 7, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140422084734.htm
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