Google seeks way to search bodies for disease

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Google seeks way to search bodies for disease

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-seeks-way-search-bodies-disease-201405517.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vYaMUHxlYz_YcUhCqSnc2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-WAS-Was8875281-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Google logo is seen during a press announcement in New York, September 2, 2012" align="left" title="The Google logo is seen during a press announcement in New York, September 2, 2012" border="0" /></a>Google is exploring a way to search inside people's bodies for early signs of deadly illnesses such as cancer or heart disease. A Life Sciences team at the special projects Google X Lab are experimenting with having &quot;nanoparticles&quot; hunt for signs of medical trouble in bloodstreams and then essentially report findings to sensors people could wear. &quot;This is still early-stage research, but we've done a number of promising experiments, so we're going to keep going,&quot; Google said in a description of the project made public Tuesday. Imagined applications include a test for enzymes given off by arterial plaques that are about to rupture and cause a heart attack or stroke, or a way to watch for cancer cells after surgery or chemo treatments.</p><br clear="all"/>

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