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Sensors originally developed for detecting explosives and toxic gases
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Capteurs
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Have been reprogrammed to identify the chemical markers of cancer.
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Marqueurs chimiques
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Can detect and identify multiple chemicals
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Produits chimiques
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In a gas flow
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Flux
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At very low concentrations, typically parts per billion.
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Faibles
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The 1,500 people in the clinical trial
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Essai clinique
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Will wear a special mask fitted with
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équipé de
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collection tubes
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Tubes collecteurs
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And breathe normally for ten minutes.
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Respirer
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Lead investigator, Rebecca Fitzgerald, says it's a simple procedure:
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Chercheuse principale
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Looking so promising because for the first time,
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Prometteuse
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The chemicals that are breathed out
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Expirés
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In the breath
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Souffle
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Can be collected in these tubes and immediately stabilized
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Recueillis
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And you're building up a profile of the chemicals
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Construisez
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