Toward a hand-held 'breathalyzer' for diagnosing diabetes
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
For several years, scientists have been working toward "breathalyzers" that can diagnose various diseases without painful pinpricks, needles or other unpleasant methods. Now, one team has developed a new, portable breath analyzer that could someday help doctors diagnose diabetes noninvasively in the office. The report appears in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry.