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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Owlstone Medical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Owlstone Medical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/497 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/497 (2013.01); A61B 5/082 (2013.01); G01N 33/4975 (2024.05); G01N 2430/00 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01); G01N 2800/7028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for the early detection and monitoring of the progression of cancer by detecting breath biomarkers is provided. The method comprises assessing the activity of an aldo-keto reductase by measuring the concentration of an exogenous substrate for said enzyme and/or measuring the concentration of a metabolite of said substrate in exhaled breath of a subject. Preferably, the cancer is lung cancer.