Electronic Nose Might “Sniff Out” COVID-19-Infected People at Mass Scale [Video]
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- Publish Date:
- 2 June, 2021
- Category:
- Covid
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By Weizmann Institute June 2, 2021
Testing the “electronic nose”. Credit: Kobi Snitz
Electronic nose could “sniff” people infected with COVID-19 on a large scale, according to a preliminary proof-of-concept study.
Reference: “Proof of Concept for Real-time Detection of SARS CoV-2 Infection with an Electronic Nose” Jun 2, 2021, PLOS ONE.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252121
Funding: This study was supported by pilot grants from MAFAT: the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Directorate for Defense Research and Development, and from Sonia T. Marschak. This effort also relied on ongoing resources from the Sobel lab, provided by an AdG from the European Research Council. grant #670798 (SocioSmell) and Horizon 2020 FET Open project #662629 (NanoSmell). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, the decision to publish the manuscript, or preparation of the manuscript.
