A duo of brilliant engineers at the University of Warwick along with some medico at the Heart of England infirmary in Birmingham , UK , have come up with a Electronic Nose , prepare specifically to whiff out infections . It was evolve to tackle outbreak of an antibiotic - resistant Bemisia tabaci called MRSA , which would usually take a 2 - 3 day - long culture trial to notice ( and by then , the infection might have disseminate , or gotten worse ) . They ’ve since developed a 2 - time of day DNA test for it , but with this E - Nose , it ’ll only take 15 minutes to spot that glitch . It analyzes gas samples over an raiment of electrode and assigns a special “ smell print ” to a sure recognized pattern . About the size of a desktop personal computer , this believably does n’t search like any nozzle you ’ve ever ensure , and it costs a bundle as well — about 60,000 British pound sterling . There are some downside though ; the E - nose ca n’t distinguish between the poinsettia strain and a MRSA - susceptible strain , which suggests the E - nose is really just for a quick covering before an actual test . Scientists go for to produce the technology further so that it ’ll also detect pneumonia in intensive care patient .
tocopherol - olfactory organ to sniff out hospital superbugs[New Scientist ]
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