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New Molecular Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza

A molecular sensor releases a detectable flavor in saliva within 30 minutes, enabling early influenza detection and potential pre-symptomatic screening at home, researchers said.

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Flu season is fast approaching in the northern hemisphere. And a taste-based influenza test could someday have you swapping nasal swabs for chewing gum.

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Influenza test for chewing: A Würzburg research team develops a chewing gum that reveals whether you are infected - even before using cough and fever. This is intended to enable a simple and fast diagnosis without laboratory testing and, above all, to better protect particularly vulnerable people.

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This new invention detects influenza viruses early on: Special chewing gums or lollipops should help to recognise the disease and treat it early. The decisive factor is a certain taste. Chewing chewing gum in order to diagnose a disease? According to scientists, this should be possible in the future. Anyone who detects an infection with the influenza virus – that is, an influenza – early can prevent infections and take action against the pathoge…

·Vienna, Austria
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They developed a procedure for a novel rapid test that releases a special flavor when contacting the saliva of infected people.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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The novel rapid test releases a special flavor when contacting the saliva of influenza infected people.

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Kurier broke the news in on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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