19 Jul 2024
Using infrared light and machine learning, researchers have developed a method to effectively screen human health and its deviations at a population level.
Envision a scenario where a single drop of blood provides comprehensive health insights within minutes. Thanks to recent scientific advancements, this vision may become reality. Scientists from the BIRD team led by Mihaela Žigman at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), in collaboration with Helmholtz Zentrum München, have developed a health screening tool that uses infrared light and machine learning to detect multiple health conditions with just one measurement.