An 'electronic nose' that can sniff out chronic renal failure is being developed.  The technology works by analyzing organic compounds in exhaled breath.  Researchers hope the device will offer a noninvasive and inexpensive way to detect early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD).  The next step is to distinguish between types of kidney disease and identify their stages.  The findings were published in the journal ACS Nano.

This article originally appeared in the October 2009 issue of Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter.