Medical Xpress March 29, 2025
Rapidly evolving technology could one day allow you to skip an invasive medical procedure in favor of sending your labs to the doctor by uploading a screenshot from your phone.
Thanks to pioneering research, this is the future of personalized medicine and disease diagnostics, according to Regents’ Professor of Physics Unil Perera.
“In 10 to 15 years, I hope to see this technology in your smartphone, and in your everyday life,” Perera says. “Imagine being able to take your own health readings from the comfort of your home. The potential for early detection and personalized medicine is enormous.”
For Perera, the reality of non-invasive, accessible medical diagnostics is advancing thanks to innovative technology known as ATR-FTIR spectroscopy—short for attenuated total...