LOS ANGELES, Cali. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Almost seven billion of us use one, and now researchers say that phone you talk, text, and tweet with could one day do much more for your health. <\/p>\n
Hannah Gooch is allergic to eggs. <\/p>\n
\"We did a strict avoidance,\" Necia Joy Gooch, Hannah's mom, told Ivanhoe. <\/p>\n
Spike Loy has diabetes. <\/p>\n
\"Since I was seven and a half, I had to take between two and 10 blood tests a day,\" Spike said. <\/p>\n
Both could one day benefit from a medical breakthrough that you carry around every day. <\/p>\n
\"You can imagine your cell phone working like a very advanced microscope for looking at various different specimen,\" Aydogan Ozcan, PhD, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and BioEngineering, UCLA, told Ivanhoe. <\/p>\n
Researchers at UCLA created various attachments that fit on smart phones. One can perform an HIV screening. Another ONE detects allergens in food. A special tube measures allergens optically with the phone's camera. <\/p>\n
\"You can do this for peanuts or you can do this for other kinds of allergens,\" Dr. Ozcan said. <\/p>\n
Other attachments measure the presence of E. coli in food, blood cell counts, and blood sugar levels. Cell phones are less expensive than a large lab and can be used in the field with immediate results. <\/p>\n
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