SPE and Gas Chromatography Help Identify Lung Cancer

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Reuters Health has published an article that describes how Dr. Ping Wang of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, and his colleagues used solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography (GC) to analyze exhaled volatile organic compound (VOC) markers to help with the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Reuters Health

has published an article that describes how Dr. Ping Wang of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, and his colleagues used solid-phase microextraction combined with

gas chromatography

(GC) to analyze exhaled volatile organic compound (VOC) markers to help with the diagnosis of lung cancer. The researchers identified 4 VOC markers that were found in all of the lung cancer culture media.

This is a significant break-through in the medical world, as GC can help diagnosis lung cancer.

LCGC has published a similar article that describes a method for the identification of VOC markers asscoaited with infection by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria by GC-MS.

The applications of chromatographic techniques continue to expand in the biological industry. GC allows us to to rapidly identify diseases through breath analysis. This technique is simple, quick, and non-invasive. Maybe one day, a GC system will be a common tool in medical offices. We'll breath into the GC system, and the analysis of our breath will provide the doctor with our diagnosis.

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