It might pop up in a fortune-teller’s tent, I suppose, but in medical science? In the online medical journal Medscape, authored by New York University medical ethicist Dr Arthur Kaplan. In Greek culture, people asked the Oracle of Delphi when they were going to die. .”Insurance companies and employers would be hungry for these test results, Kaplan reckons. Nevertheless, I’d like to put this question to readers: would you take a blood test that predicted what year you will die?

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2020 06:01 UTC