Breath specimen collectors, including Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC) Collectors, must be completely free of particulate and chemical contamination to ensure valid biomarker data. There is a common misconception that standard sterilization methods used in...
Journal Article Summary “Non-invasive lung cancer diagnosis by detection of GATA6 and NKX2-1 isoforms in exhaled breath condensate” by G. Barreto et al. The RTube has successfully been used to isolate RNA, microRNA and DNA from Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC). While...
The Case for Filtration The RTube Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC) Collector is amazingly effective at trapping particles, droplets, and aerosols present in the patient’s exhaled breath. This is why so many studies rely on the RTube to capture exhaled biomarkers...
The RTube is perfect for collecting Exhaled Breath Condensate from humans. As a bonus, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) which are readily soluble in water can also be easily collected in the RTube as they will naturally dissolve into the condensate. But what...
Measuring cytokine levels in Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC) continues to be a major objective of breath research. However, there are often substantial data reporting and interpretation differences between research groups making comparisons between studies difficult....
Exhaled Breath Condensate pH is one of the most validated biomarkers in EBC. There are many publications linking low EBC pH to various lung diseases and offering reasons to consider pH as part of an exhaled biomarker study. We won’t be exploring the “why” here; just...
