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The next generation of cancer detectors could be breathalyzers Some diseases just stink -- and cancer is one of them. Every time you exhale, you’re not just exhaling air from your lungs — you’re exhaling a trove of information that could be used to assist in the diagnosis of disease. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Project Hub for Microelectronic and Optical Systems for Biomedicine are close to developing systems that could pick up on those cues and look for telltale signs of illness. It’s not the first time something like this has been discussed, and we already have a breathalyzer diag...