Electronic nose can detect kidney disease

Israeli scientists have developed a way to identify chronic kidney failure in its earliest stages by modifying a carbon nano sensor "electronic nose" invented to detect cancer.

The "electronic nose", which can diagnose cancer in just two or three minutes by analysing a patient's breath, was earlier developed by Technion Israel Institute of Technology researchers has now been modified to identify chronic renal failure (CRF). "This technology will enable diagnosis even before the disease begins to progress", said lead researcher Dr Hossam Haick, Institute at the Technion.

"When detected at such an early stage, kidney diseases can be dramatically slowed with medication and diet."

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