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Yes, you read that right. The human skin which will be synthetic, is part of a research into a wristband that can detect cancer.
Those arms on the table in the picture above, serve as testers for the Labs' cancer-detecting bracelet project.
This is how it works: first you'll need to swallow pills packed with nanoparticles that circulate throughout the body looking for cancer cells. If they find any, they'll bind to those cells, which then literally light up. After that, the cell-particle combos make their way underneath the bracelet, since it has a magnet that attracts the nanoparticles.
This is how it works: first you'll need to swallow pills packed with nanoparticles that circulate throughout the body looking for cancer cells. If they find any, they'll bind to those cells, which then literally light up. After that, the cell-particle combos make their way underneath the bracelet, since it has a magnet that attracts the nanoparticles.
The practice arms are covered in skin exhibiting different properties (thickness, etc.), as well as skin mimicking those of different ethnicities and skin tones.
Great innovation but not just yet though, this would take a while.
Watch the interview below for now to see what it's like inside Google X Labs' Life Sciences department.
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