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Title: DNA testing coming to iPhones? ResearchKit could herald new medical era
Post by: HCK on May 07, 2015, 03:00:17 pm
DNA testing coming to iPhones? ResearchKit could herald new medical era

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Soon the iPhone could be more than just the thing we use to take selfies. Apple is planning to make the iPhone a device that could potentially save your life.</p><p>
According to MIT Technology Review, Apple is currently collaborating with medical researchers (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/537081/apple-has-plans-for-your-dna/) to develop iPhone apps that would enable users to get their DNA tested and analyzed. Medical researchers are using Apple’s recently released ResearchKit software framework to develop these apps, and if these collaborations are successful, most iPhone users would be getting their first DNA test via an iOS app. An unnamed source said that Apple is hoping to launch a set of DNA testing apps at WWDC in June.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2919600/dna-testing-coming-to-iphones-researchkit-could-herald-new-medical-era.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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