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Swiping Out Cancer

Posted by michael on from the he's-dead-jim dept.

mhackarbie writes "Just read this article over on Wired about a cheap hand scanner which might be able to spot cancer tumors. It took only few seconds of reflection before I decided this could be the killer biotech app which is needed for the dot-bio boom everyone keeps predicting someday." We've mentioned this gizmo before.

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  1. Discovery Channel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Discovery Channel had a show not too long ago about trained dogs being able to -smell- cancer on test subjects.
    Not only would it not require development or be at the hands of some biotech CEO, but dogs have been shown to lower blood pressure in people.

    Think of it: Handheld Schnauzer.

    You could probably train basset hounds too, just so that PVP would have more material.