AT THE HOSPITAL...Early Disease Prediction
Through Chromosome Analysis

Technology used to study space probe photographs sent back to Earth is now being used to analyze human chromosomes and could lead to disease prediction in infants. The process, developed jointly by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif., and NASA's Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas, allows researchers to quickly and automatically arrange and analyze human chromosomes and detect genetic abnormalities. The NASA technology allows researchers to complete a job that once took hours in less than 10 minutes.