Friday, November 03, 2006

Usually to watch something very small scientists have to put this object under a stereoscopical microscope. But now the same scientists learned how to minimize a microscope to the size of a human cell. I watched the program about the new technologies in medicine, where I heard this news. Interdisciplinary group of scientists, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, created optical biochip of a human cell size. This discovery can lead to the opportunity of a fast development of new drugs and more effective way of medical research and treatment. These chips could also result in building micro-laboratories of a credit card size. And these cards in turn could relieve patients from setting up appointments, going to the hospitals and wasting so much time. This research takes place in Wales College of Medicine together with researchers from Cardiff University, University of Bangor, Gray Cancer Institute in London, University of Warwick and scientific laboratories from United States of America. It seems to me that sooner or later our world will become one huge chip and people will become terminators…