Google is making a wristband that detects cancer cells, and using human skin to do it. With the help of the Scientists in the life sciences division of Google X laboratories working on a proactive, preventative approach to one of the world's deadliest diseases, according to The Independent.
The wristband would work in tandem with a pill that would send nanoparticles through the body to latch on to markers of different conditions and diseases including cancer, Andrew Conrad, head of Google Life Sciences, told The Atlantic.
'We have (the nanoparticles) circulate around your whole body looking for those cells and we collect them using a magnet and basically ask them what they saw,' Conrad said
'It’s way weirder to have cancer cells floating through your body that are constantly trying to kill you,' Conrad continued.
Conrad told the Atlantic that the Google X team is trying to change medicine from being episodic and reactive to being proactive and preventive.
'We're making good progress but the journey is long and hard, he said. 'So I think we will get there and I hope it's years, not decades.
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