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An Instant Breathalyzer Test for Lung Cancer

An electronic nose that uses nanoparticles could detect lung cancer through breathalyzer tests

Patients of the future may take a deep breath, and then huff a sigh of relief -- no lung cancer detected.

Such a cancer breathalyzer test could come from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, where scientists have used gold nanoparticles to build sensors that detect compounds on the breath of lung-cancer patients.

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