Death Test
A ‘death test’ that could tell you how long you have left to live is being developed by scientists.
- The wristwatch-style device, which has been created to encourage users to stay healthy, uses laser beams to analyse crucial cells lining blood vessels under the skin.
- These tiny endothelial cells are a key indicator of a person’s health, and the device’s inventors say that by monitoring them they can identify those who are ageing more quickly than normal.
- But once the test has been refined, they claim it should eventually be possible to tell a person how many years they have left. For instance, someone could be told that if they do not change their lifestyle, they are likely to die in 20 years.
- The analysis of the endothelium – the layer of endothelial cells in tiny blood vessels called capillaries – could also suggest whether someone has cancer or dementia.
The Lancaster University physicists who invented the technique hope people will use the information to improve their health.
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