Toward An 'Electronic Nose' To Sniff Out Kidney Disease In Exhaled Breath (Medical News Today) |
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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. |