From Military To Medicine, Owlstone Medical Targets Lung Cancer With Its Breath Analysis Tech

 
• By Catherine Longworth

Owlstone Medical is on a mission to “save 100,000 lives and £1.5bn in health-care costs by 2020” by applying a gas sensor technology, originally developed for military defense purposes, for early stage detection of lung cancer.

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Owlstone Medical targets lung cancer with its breath analysis tech • Source: Shutterstock

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