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Sniffing out lung cancer

Nature Nanotechnology volume 4, pages 621–622 (2009)Cite this article

A sensor consisting of an array of gold nanoparticles can distinguish the breath of lung cancer patients from the breath of healthy individuals without the need to pre-treat or dehumidify the samples.

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Figure 1: Chemical sensors tell the difference between the breaths of lung cancer patients (right; coloured bubbles) and the breaths of healthy ones (blue and grey bubbles).

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  1. Peter Mazzone is in the Respiratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A90, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. mazzonp@ccf.org.,

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