Fingertip diagnosis: can fingerprints do more than just solve crimes?
It seems the humble fingerprint could be just as useful to doctors and drug-testers as it is to detectives.
Pioneering research in the UK has demonstrated that a person’s fingerprints can be used not only to identify whether they were present at the scene of a crime, but also whether they smoke, take illegal drugs, wear aftershave or even suffer from certain diseases.
“You can not only use a fingerprint to help build a physical profile of a criminal,” Professor Russell told CNN, “But also to help with sports’ testing and, in principle, the diagnosis of various health conditions such as heart disease and certain cancers.”
