Apple has released their new medical app ResearchKit six months ago. Medical researchers have said that through the app, they were able to gather data from a lot of people which can greatly help in collecting data conveniently.
According to macworld.com, Apple has announced the success of ResearchKit as researchers can now have access to more than 100,000 data from its users. The app has made the research of medical experts easier when it comes to gathering data that would give them a hard time collecting.
Apple Senior VP Jeff Williams said "In just six months, ResearchKit apps studying everything from asthma and diabetes to Parkinson's disease are already providing insights to scientists around the world and more than 100,000 participants are choosing to contribute their data to advance science and medical research."
Apple has released three new ResearchKit apps in addition to different conditions the app is already studying. One of the new variety is Duke University's Autism and Beyond and it studies children with autism by "using the iPhone's front-facing camera to detect emotions in a child's face when they watch videos on the phone."
Also, a melanoma- scrrening app called Mole Mapper was developed by Oregon Health & Science University and Knight Cancer Institute. The app will not be able to detect skin cancer but it can hep in monitoring the sizes and measure of your mole through photographs.
In a report by appleinsider.com, the third variety of ResearchKit app was Johns Hopkins' "EpiWatch." It is used to study epilepsy by using Apple Watch in detecting the on- set and duration of seizures.
The report also said that "With user permission, researchers can access data from the iOS Health app, including weight, blood pressure, glucose levels and more. This allows them to capture real-time data right from the iPhone. Apps can also tap into the device's accelerometer, microphone, gyroscope, and GPS sensors to deliver additional information about a person's gait, motor impairment, fitness, speech, as well as their memory."
Though ResearchKit can still be considered as a young project, the initial results from the app is promising and can lead to medical breakthrough in the future.
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