| ipt type="text/javascript"> | | | | the exhaled breath of cancer patients. |
| Dogs have long been accepted as manâs | | | | In a study published two years ago, it was found |
| best friend. But nosy ones have provided | | | | that dogs identified breast and lung cancer |
| inspiration to a laser research team working on | | | | patients with accuracies of 88% and 97%, |
| early cancer detection methods to devise a | | | | respectively by smelling breath samples. |
| breathalyzer-type tool that could significantly | | | | It has been proven elsewhere that gas-phase |
| improve survival rates for suffering millions. | | | | molecules are uniquely associated with cancer but |
| Researchers at University of Oklahoma are | | | | the team will use nanotechnology to improve laser |
| reportedly working to create a sensor to detect | | | | performance and shrink laser systems, which |
| bio-marker gases exhaled in the breath of a | | | | would allow battery-powered operation of a hand |
| person with cancer, picking up on earlier studies | | | | held sensor device. |
| showing that dogs can detect cancer by sniffing | | | | |