Toothbrush to check your DNA for cancer

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Toothbrush to check your DNA for cancer

Postby wendy » 25 Apr 2015, 12:45

Tiny microchips embedded in toothbrushes could soon warn us about the early onset of diseases including cancer and Alzheimer’s, technologists believe.
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Known as nanopore sequencers, they analyse DNA as it passes through a tiny hole on the chip and decode it into a digital format, in a process known as “sequencing”. These digital readings can then be assessed against genetic markers that are known to indicate disease.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/technolog ... d=13773358
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Re: Toothbrush to check your DNA for cancer

Postby Rosalind » 25 Apr 2015, 12:54

go90 tha22222
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Re: Toothbrush to check your DNA for cancer

Postby annie » 25 Apr 2015, 15:58

Interesting! tha22222
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