News tagged with exhalation
New device uses gold nanoparticles to test for lung cancer
The metabolism of lung cancer patients is different than the metabolism of healthy people. And so the molecules that make up cancer patients' exhaled breath are different too. A new device pioneered at the University of Colorado ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 17, 2011 |
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A breath-takingly simple test for human exposure to potentially toxic substances
The search for a rapid, non-invasive way to determine whether people have been exposed to potentially toxic substances in their workplaces, homes and elsewhere in the environment has led scientists to a technology ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Malaria mosquitoes accurately find their way to smelly feet
Malaria mosquitoes utilise CO2 from exhaled air to localize humans from afar. In the vicinity of their preferred host they alter their course towards the human feet. Researcher Remco Suer discovered how female malaria mo ...
May 09, 2011 |
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New technique enables drug tests via exhaled breath
A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet presents a new technique that makes drug testing possible through exhaled air for the first time. By examining people who had received emergency care for ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 19, 2010 |
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Mechanical ventilation for patients with lung damage don't always work as planned
As more Canadians are diagnosed with H1N1 influenza infection, some will be admitted to hospital. The most severely affected may be treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and placed on a mechanical ventilator to help them ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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