Detecting diabetes might soon be as easy as breathing into a device, a new study says.
An experimental breath test sorted out type 2 diabetes patients from healthy people, based on their exhalations, researchers report in the September issue of the Chemical Engineering Journal.
"This sensor only requires that you exhale into a bag, dip the sensor in and wait a few minutes for results," senior researcher Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, an associate professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State, said in a news release.
If validated, this test could prove simpler than the complicated blood testing and lab work now required to diagnose diabetes, researchers said.
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