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Menssana Research News Archive

2011

The Roadblock May Not Be the FDA After All
DeviceTalk, Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry, UBM Canon, 16 Dec 2011 (Richard Nass)

(PDF Document) Beyond the Breathalyzer: Seeking Telltale Signs of Disease
The New York Times, 3 Jul 2011 (Anne Eisenberg)

Beyond Breathalyzers; What Clinical Niche Will Breath Tests Fill?
Clinical Laboratory News, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, vol. 37, no. 5, May 2011 (Genna Rollins)



2010

(PDF Document) Menssana Research Inc. Receives a $4.2 Million BARDA Contract to Develop a Breathalyzer Test for Radiation Exposure
Sep. 7, 2010 (Press release)

Breath tests find breast-cancer biomarkers
medicalphysicsweb, 25 Mar 2010 (Tami Freeman)

(PDF Document) Breath test may detect pulmonary tuberculosis
Medical Device Daily, 25 Feb 2010 (Amanda Pedersen)



2009

FDA, regarding Heart Transplant Rejection (H030004)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 29 Jun 2009

Breath odor diagnosis and care in dental offices
Chicago Dental Society, 22 May 2009 (Janyce Hamilton)

Health Care in a Huff: Breath Tests for Diseases
Scientific American, 2 Mar 2009 (Coco Ballantyne)

zNose from Electronic Sensor Technology Provides Early Detection
AZoNano, 12 Feb 2009

Dr Michael Phillips Breath test talk at Pittcon 2009 Chicago, March 10
Bloodborne Body Odor and Halitosis, 09 Jan 2009



2008

Breath Test for Detecting Lung Cancer Under Study, Looking Promising
Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE), 17 Aug 2008

Breath Test for Early Detection of Lung Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov, 16 Jun 2008

Menssana Research Takes Your Breath Away
Biotech Mashup, 07 Mar 2008 (Jarrod Wendell Provins)

15 Companies That Could Change Medicine
Biotech Mashup, 05 Mar 2008 (Jarrod Wendell Provins & Jeff Mandell)



2007

Cancer breathalyser trial begins
National Nine News / MSN, 13 Nov 2007

Innovations
ABC Radio Australia, 02 Sep 2007

(PDF Document) Horizon Scanning Technology Summary: Lungscreen for lung cancer detection in high-risk patients.
National Horizon Scanning Centre, The University of Birmingham, England, Apr 2007

(.JPG Image) News & Trends/Cutting Edge: Breast Cancer Breath Check
Prevention, p. 3, Jan 2007 (Sarí N. Harrar)

(.JPG Image) Body News: A Breast-Cancer Breath Test
Allure, p. 80, Jan 2007 (Kristin Cobb)



2006

SBIR Success Stories: Menssana Research
State of New Jersey Commission on Science & Technology

Breath test for breast cancer
New Scientist, 10 Apr 2006

(PDF Document) What the nose knows
The Economist, 9 Mar 2006



2005

(PDF Document) Breathe Here, Please
Senses, pp. 28-29, 2005

(Word Document) Volatile Markers of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Breath
NIH CRISP abstract, 2005

(PDF Document) Inhale, exhale, wait for results
The Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec 2005 (Linda Marsa)

(Word Document) CMP Healthcare Media: Biomarker Breath Test Correctly Predicts Lung Cancer
Oncology News International, v. 14, no. 8, August 2005

(.JPG Image) Body News: Healthy Breath
Allure, p. 91, Jul 2005 (Emma Hitt)

(PDF Document) A Big Sigh of Relief: A souped-up breathalyzer fingerprints disease
Popular Science, May 2005 (Linda Marsa)



2004

The Wall Street Journal Announces Winners of Its First Global Technology Innovation Awards
Business Wire, 15 Nov 2004

(PDF Document) Don't Waste Your Breath; Researchers Are Developing Breath Tests for Diagnosing Diseases
American Chemical Society, 2004.

(PDF Document / Danish & English text) Breath test for lung cancer screening
Denmark Health Service, Jul 2004

(PDF Document) Clinica (UK), 27 Jul 2004

SBIR and STTR Success Story for Menssana Research, Inc.
The National Institutes of Health, 22 Jun 2004

(PDF Document / German text) Ausatmen statt Röntgen
Die Welt, 09 Jun 2004 (Hermann Feldmeier)

(PDF Document / German text) Verräterische Duftnote - Lässt sich Krebs über den Atem diagnostizieren?
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 26 May 2004 (Hermann Feldmeier)

Measuring Heart Transplant Rejection
Physician's Weekly: Surgery Edition

Breath Analysis for Medical Diagnosis; Complex mixtures of volatiles in breath form 'fingerprints' that can be used to detect disease
Chemical and Engineering News; vol. 82, no. 13, pp. 29-31, 29 Mar 2004 (Mitch Jacoby)

(PDF Document) New and Emerging Technology Briefing: Breath test for lung cancer screening
National Horizon Scanning Centre, The University of Birmingham, England, Jan 2004



2003

Breath test breakthrough strikes a blow for early detection of illness
guardian.co.uk/The Observer, 21 Dec 2003 (Robin McKie)

(PDF Document) Breath Takers: A quixotic career-long quest to diagnose disease simply by exhaling
Scientific American, pp. 26-28, Dec 2003 (Gary Stix)

(PDF Document) Breath Tests May Reveal Illnesses: New Research Discovers even Cancer can be Found by Studying a Single Puff
The Wall Street Journal, p. D10, 01 Oct 2003 (Erik Ahlberg)

(PDF Document) The best tests to find a killer
US News & World Report, pp. 48 & 50, 01 Sep 2003 (Katherine Hobson)

Breath test that detects breast cancer
Daily Mail (UK), 3 Jun 2003 (Roger Dobson)