“Researchers in Japan have demonstrated one part of an envisaged molecular level system that might one day enable cell phones to keep a regular watch on their owners’ health.
NTT DoCoMo hopes some future cell phones will contain “DNA chips,” devices capable of analyzing molecules from the user’s body, to provide a warning about a possible virus, high levels of stress or other factors that might affect health.”
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Martyn Williams, Computerworld, 28 March 2008
Tagged: cellphone, DNA and monitoring
; posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
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“Victoria Grove wanted to find out if she was destined to develop the form of emphysema that ran in her family, but she did not want to ask her doctor for the DNA test that would tell her.
She worried that she might not be able to get health insurance, or even a job, if a genetic predisposition showed up in her medical records, especially since treatment for the condition, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, could cost over $100,000 a year. Instead, Ms. Grove sought out a service that sent a test kit to her home and returned the results directly to her.”
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Amy Harmon, The New York Times, 24 February 2008
Tagged: DNA and insurance
; posted on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 12:01 am
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