Toward an 'electronic nose' to sniff out kidney disease in exhaled breath
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 15:14
in Health & Medicine
Scientists in Israel have identified the key substances in exhaled breath associated with healthy and diseased kidneys - raising expectations, they say, for development of long-sought diagnostic and screening tests that literally sniff out chronic renal failure (CRF) in its earliest and most treatable stages. Their report is in the current issue of ACS Nano, a monthly journal...
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