BENGALURU: Apple has released a Research Kit to help medical researchers in their scientific studies. The kit includes an Application Programming Interface (API) to build iPhone apps easily.

The apps created by Research Kit will help the researchers to recruit participants using iPhone without the need of participants stepping in labs. We look at 5 key points that will soon change the way medical research is done on the iPhone, as compiled by The Verge.

No Children Allowed

Apple announced that children would not be allowed to participate in medical studies. But the problem arises because over 60 percent of American teens have an iPhone and they may enter research without the consent of their parents.

Protecting Privacy

When we save our data, it is possible that someone will see that data. Apple confirmed that the data related to research studies would not be visible to unauthorized people as this data may contain sensitive information. If privacy is breached, then it may expose the subject and the data related to him.

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