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Breathing in nanoparticles could enable a 10-minute pneumonia check at point of care
- March 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect disease-related compounds in a patient's breath. The new test could provide a faster way to diagnose pneumonia and other lung conditions. Rather than sit for a chest X-ray or wait hours for a lab result, a patient may one day take a breath test and get a diagnosis within minutes.
Originally published at Phys.org