Professor PARK Tai Hyun (Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering)

Professor PARK Tai Hyun (Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering) developed an electronic nose which can detect cancer in the cover article of the March edition of Advanced Healthcare Materials. His electronic nose uses odor receptor proteins from the human body, hence it is called a ‘bioelectronic’ nose. Professor Park found an odor protein which combines with heptanal, a substance found uniquely in lung cancer patients, and attached it to a carbon nanotube. This bioelectronic nose succeeded in detecting 1 in a quadrillion heptanal. Using similar technology, Professor Park has already developed a bioelectronic tongue. Professor Park states his ultimate goal is to create an electronic nose which has the same abilities as that of a human nose.

• The research was published in the cover article of the March edition of Advanced Healthcare Materials
• Professor PARK Tai Hyun’s lab: http://biotech.snu.ac.kr
• SNU Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering: http://cbe.snu.ac.kr/

Summary by LEE Hee Un, SNU English Editor, gurume0221@snu.ac.kr