Thursday, February 14, 2008

Cancer Breathalyser on the Way

A Wales University is developing a cancer breathalyser.

Diagnostic techniques based on exhaled breath are much less developed than traditional blood or urine analysis techniques, and are not widely utilised in clinical practice. Such techniques have also previously been seen as crude, subjective and unreliable.

However, due to improved analytical methodology, volatile marker-based diagnostics offers new potential in the rapid diagnosis and monitoring of illnesses.

Just imagine being pulled over by the enforcers after a few drinks and being told 'Sir, do you wnat the good news or the bad news? The good news is that you are not drunk. The bad news is....."


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