[ 2013-08-11 ]

Laser test to tell us when we will die
SCIENTISTS have patented a “death test” that
can tell people how long they have left to live.
The simple, non-invasive test is the first of its
kind in the world.

A painless laser pulse is applied to the surface
of the skin through a wristwatch-style device.
This measures how a person’s body will decline
with age by analysing endothelial cells. These
cells line the smallest blood vessels,
capillaries, in our bodies and respond to complex
activity elsewhere in the body.

By measuring the oscillations within the cells,
the scientists say they can calculate the length
of time before death and also test for diseases
including cancer and dementia.

The result is graded from 0 for death to 100 for
optimum functioning. The predictions become more
accurate as more data is added.

A user-friendly version of the system is expected
to be completed within the next three years when
it will be made available to General Practitioners
(GPs).

The test, funded by government research grants and
medical charities, was pioneered by Aneta
Stefanovska and Peter McClintock, physics
professors from Lancaster University.

Stefanovska, who is credited with inventing the
method of analysing endothelial reactivity, said:
“I am hoping we will build a database that will
become larger and larger, so every person measured
can be compared against it. We will then be in a
position to tell them the values [that] predict a
certain number of years.”

Source - The Times(UK)

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