What molecules you leave on your phone reveal about your lifestyle
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 15:07
in Health & Medicine
By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone's owner, including diet, preferred hygiene products, health status and locations visited. This proof-of-concept study could have a number of applications, including criminal profiling, airport screening, medication adherence monitoring, clinical trial participant stratification and environmental exposure studies.