Inventors at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have created a simple-to-use cancer detector that uses breath analysis (BLO detector). This gadget, which operates on colourimetric principles, can be detected by this gadget.
The BLO detector will be crucial for population screening and identifying those at risk for breast, lung, or oral cancer. A favourable outcome may occur in an early diagnosis and course of therapy, increasing the likelihood that cancer patients will survive. At the Cancer Research Institute in Dehradun, the detector underwent an initial clinical test with sensitivity and specificity of 96.11% and 94.67%, respectively. The tool is a straightforward oral, pulmonary, and breast cancer screening tool that requires a person to blow into it. Following the test, the colour of the substrate can be compared to the specified colour codes to determine the likelihood of having one of the three types of cancer.
Tata Steel’s innovative materials company and IIT Roorkee have agreed to a technology transfer, according to Debashish Bhattacharjee. The new materials division of Tata Steel is committed to fostering domestic innovation and lowering reliance on imports across a range of industries, including health technology. In the future, IIT Roorkee will also collaborate with the business on a new initiative.
Acting IIT Roorkee director ML Sharma said the following when discussing the technology transfer: “The likelihood of a full recovery increases with earlier cancer detection. I’m humbled to know that this technology transfer can benefit those with cancer who go undetected despite the rising expense of cancer detection in today’s society.” On September 29, 2022, IIT Roorkee reported that scientists had discovered three proteins in saliva that might be used to detect metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Additionally, IIT Guwahati established a research centre for cancer diagnosis in September 2022 and created a new method to administer chemotherapy medications exactly to the diseased cells in a patient’s body.
