Pivot Magazine – Out of Breath
A Canadian company invented a non-invasive breath test that will detect breast cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and respiratory illnesses.
A Canadian company invented a non-invasive breath test that will detect breast cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and respiratory illnesses.
Blow into a machine to detect cancer. This is the principle of a new tool, developed locally by the medical technology company Breathe BioMedical, which is similar to the breathalyzer. If its effectiveness is…
Seeking an accessible diagnostic medium, researchers are rooting through the concoction of compounds in exhaled breath vapor for the metabolic manifestations of disease.
Technologies in development could make cancer screening less of a hassle and more widely available. After his godmother and his business partner’s mother both died of breast cancer, Rubens Fernando Mendrone made a radical…