It’s the irritating inconvenience that follows most GP appointments – organising a blood test.
These days, there’s various phone numbers, websites and apps to navigate before you get booked in, and then there’s the task of locating the newly-erected community clinic.
Not to mention finding a suitable time during the week that fits around work and family schedules.
But soon, this laboriousness could be over.
Experts in Britain have developed a DIY machine that they hope can spot the early signs of everything from cancer to nutrient deficiencies from the comfort of your living room.
Named Algocyte, and the brainchild of King’s College London scientists,
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