What is Blood Sampling?Sampling is "gathering of matter from the body to aid in the process of a medical diagnosis and/or evaluation of an indication for treatment, further medical tests, or other procedures" (Wikipedia). Blood sampling is often used to find diseases, organ function, etc. It can also be used for drug tests.
How this relates to Computer Science
Recently, UCLA researchers have developed a computer program that can detect cancer cells. The program detects cancer cells based on "chemical modification of DNA circulating in blood"(UCLA Newsroom). This cancer detecting program has "outperformed two common approaches and was superior in detecting cancer in blood samples containing low levels of target DNA, which reflect early-stage disease" (UCLA Newsroom). The computer program is specifically meant to detect "methylation patterns" that are common across different types of cancer (Science Daily). Methylation patterns were gathered from both cancerous and non-cancerous samples so that samples can be compared. This technology is important because now cancer cells can be detected with more accuracy and increase chances of survival as people can get treatment earlier.
References
1. Lamar, Elise. "New Computer Program Detects Cancer by Blood Sampling." UCLA Newsroom. N.p., 28 Mar. 2017. Web.
2. "Computer Program Developed to Diagnose and Locate Cancer from a Blood Sample." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 Mar. 2017. Web.
3. "Sampling." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web.
Very informative blog. I wonder what you think whether computer science will eventually phase out of this field or continue to grow even more? What would be some other ways computer science could develop and expand in this area?
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