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By Jerusalem Post Staff - August 6, 2021
An easier method of detecting Tuberculosis infections has been discovered by scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, they announced in a statement on Friday.
The Israeli researchers created a color-changing patch designed to be attached to the skin. Simply, if the patch turns red, the person is infected. If it turns green, they are not.
The new polymeric patch developed at the Technion works by detecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air, trapped above the skin’s surface. These VOCs, associated with Tuberculosis infections, are analyzed by the patch.
If the VOCs, along with the person's smell, match with the profile of someone infected with Tuberculosis, the infection can be easily found in the body.
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