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The chemical footprint of your breath is as unique as fingerprints and may well be used for your identification. Moreover, it can be used for diagnostics. diseases. Medicine traditionally relies on data for this. analysis of blood, urine and tissues. In these biological samples contains metabolites – residues after biochemical processes, occurring in the body. Metabolic profile depends on a number of factors: diet, infections, circadian rhythms and living in intestines of microorganisms. All this affects the type and quantity. chemicals present in various organs, including and those compounds that are secreted by respiration. Since 2011 for dogs use such diagnostics: specially trained animals can determine by the person’s breathing whether he is ill with cancer, with up to 90% accuracy. And recent studies in this area have shown that respiratory fingerprints can also be used to determine other diseases. Researchers emphasize that the method is minimally invasive. Unlike blood sampling, no no need to use needles, and unlike analysis urine, do not expose the patient to an unpleasant procedure, but mass spectrometry results allows you to get almost instantly. Polina Kormshchikova
