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MIT: Exhaled Biomarkers Can Reveal Lung Disease
July 21, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:

Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to monitor pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient.

In a study of mice, the researchers showed that they could use this system to monitor bacterial pneumonia, as well as a genetic disorder of the lungs called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

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