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Leslie Chan and her team are uncovering the hidden activity of the gut microbiome through an unlikely source: a simple breath test. Their newly developed ingestible probes translate microbial activity into detectable breath biomarkers, offering a noninvasive way to measure what gut microbes are actually doing inside the body. The technology could help physicians predict harmful drug side effects, detect diseases such as colorectal cancer earlier, and develop more personalized treatments. By turning a breath into a window on one of the body's most complex ecosystems, Chan's research is opening new possibilities for microbiome-based diagnostics and therapies.
Leslie Chan, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, and her team developed ingestible probes that measure gut microbiome activity through a simple breath test, enabling earlier disease detection.
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