{"id":3470,"date":"2025-10-06T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/chewing-gum-may-diagnose-flu-quickly\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:01:34","slug":"chewing-gum-may-diagnose-flu-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/chewing-gum-may-diagnose-flu-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Chewing Gum may diagnose flu quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-10-06 14:01:32<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Chewing gum that detects flu before symptoms appear could soon revolutionise disease testing.<BR><br \/>\nResearchers from the University of Wurzburg, Germany, have developed a molecular sensor that releases a strong thyme-like flavour when it encounters the influenza virus. <BR><br \/>\nThe breakthrough could allow people to diagnose infection simply by chewing gum, avoiding the need for swabs or costly lab tests.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Lorenz Meinel, chair for pharmaceutics at the University of Wurzburg, told Newsweek: &#8220;The broader population is not using influenza tests much. This involves nasopharyngeal swabs\u2014painful, or at least not pleasant. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;By contrast, why not chew gum instead?\u201d <BR><br \/>\nThe new sensor works by reacting to neuraminidase\u2014an enzyme used by flu viruses to infect cells. <BR><br \/>\nWhen the virus is present, the compound breaks down and releases thymol, a molecule found in thyme that produces a distinctive herbal taste.<BR><br \/>\nTests on human saliva showed the flavour appeared within 30 minutes without toxic effects on living cells. <BR><br \/>\nResearchers say the technology could enable large-scale, early flu detection and help prevent outbreaks.<BR><br \/>\nThe team now hopes to run clinical trials and develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven app to map global infection waves.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-10-06 14:01:32 Chewing gum that detects flu before symptoms appear could soon revolutionise disease testing. Researchers from the University of Wurzburg, Germany, have developed a molecular sensor that releases a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3472,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470\/revisions\/3472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}