Gas Sensing Research featured on NSW Smart Sensing Network
Dogs use their superb sensing capabilities to detect a range of smells from explosives to low blood sugar levels in people living with diabetes. When sniffing people, dogs can detect hormonal fluctuations, diseases such as different types of cancer and even depression. Dr Noushin Nasiri, inspired by the canine's smelling capabilities, has developed a nanosensor that can detect changes in human biochemistry much faster than the routine medical examinations.
"I'm working on small sensors that can analyse human breath and pick some elements in the breath that could be related to the development of a disease in the body," said Dr Nasiri. "Disease development changes the chemistry of our body, and the changes can happen everywhere; in the composition of urine, blood, sweat, saliva and also breath."