PHYSICIANS USING SMART PHONES TO DIAGNOSE DISEASES

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

In a recent study in the Journal Science Translational Medicine, physicians at Harvard Medical School used a smartphone and a small lunch box sized machine to diagnose cancer from tiny pieces of tissue taken from individuals. Physicians mixed the tissue with antibodies which bind to four known proteins. Using magnetic resonance imaging the doctors can tell if there is cancer by how much of the antibodies bind to the proteins. They then send the information translated into data form via the smartphones. In additions the smartphones are being used to monitor the treatment progress in the home and outside the clinic. By measuring the levels if disease markers in the blood, doctors can tell if the treatment is working and all of that data can be sent via smartphone from the home without difficulty.

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