A team at University of Warwick is developing an electronic nose that could be used to detect diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, resistant staph (MRSA) and others. The device, which functions like a human nose by mimicking human nasal mucus, is specifically designed to smell molecules that are characteristic of particular diseases. These “e-noses” are slightly different for different diseases, and are in various stages of development. Similar e-nose-type devices are being developed by a variety of others, including University of Pennsylvania, Cranfield University, and several biotech companies. Read more at Times Online
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