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Face mask insert could allow screening for disease biomarkers – News-Medical.net
Given current events, many people are wearing face masks to protect themselves and others. But that same face mask could someday also collect useful health information.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 12 2020
Given current events, many people are wearing face masks to protect themselves and others. But that same face mask could someday also collect useful health information. Researchers reporting in ACS’ Analytical Chemistry have demonstrated that a fiber inserted into an ordinary N95 face mask can collect compounds in exhaled breath aerosols for analysis. The new method could allow screening for disease biomarkers on a large scale.
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