Breath Test Diagnoses Pneumonia in Minutes

CambridgeMIT’s PlasmoSniff diagnoses pneumonia from exhaled breath.

Nanoparticles bind to lung infection enzymes; the body exhales cleaved biomarkers that a chip reads optically in 10 minutes — no lab, no X-ray.

A handheld version targets clinics and home use, where pneumonia kills fastest without rapid detection.

Sources: MIT Technology Review