A team of physicists from Lancaster University (UK) has devised a laser device that analyzes blood cells in capillaries located under the skin and uses them as an indicator of an individual's level of health, monitoring whether they are aging faster than usual .
Technology could, in the not too distant future, predict how many years of life we have left if we maintain our current lifestyle, as well as diagnose with a simple beam of laser light if we suffer from cancer or dementia , among other pathologies. In addition, the device will allow doctors to compare the biological age of patients with their chronological age and guide them on how to avoid premature aging if it is detected.
Aneta Stefanovska, head of the project, assures that "everything that happens in your vascular system, if you are going to suffer a heart attack or a heart attack, begins with something that is not going well in your endothelium". In addition to these tiny vessels circulating all kinds of chemicals that indicate health and disease.
Stefanovska predicts that the new laser will soon be available for home use for a price that could be around 300 euros, according to the British newspaper Daily Mail .
