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Scientists have developed a probe that for the first time goes inside the lung to find bacterial infections. <\/p>\n

Currently, this is done by sending samples to a laboratory and waiting several days for the results. <\/p>\n

The new approach was inspired by the 1960s film Fantastic Voyage, in which a submarine shrinks to microscopic size to enter a human body. It is even called Proteus<\/a> after that sci-fi sub. <\/p>\n

The project has been unveiled at a US science meeting in Texas.<\/p>\n

In the film, the team enters the body of an important scientist to save him from a blood clot in his brain.<\/p>\n

Drawing on this theme, a group of doctors and scientists from Edinburgh, Bath and Heriot-Watt Universities in the UK developed a system for sending a probe inside a patient's lung.<\/p>\n

I watched the procedure. I could see the probe journeying through the tiny airways from its on board camera until it came across bacteria.<\/p>\n

The inside of the patient's lung had been sprayed earlier with a chemical that makes the bacteria visible when light from the probe is shone on them.<\/p>\n

The Proteus probe enables doctors to see infection inside the human body for the very first time, according to Prof Kevin Dhaliwal of Edinburgh University, who leads the project.<\/p>\n

"The real advantage is that we are actually imaging and detecting where the disease is in the patient's lungs and we are giving a diagnosis and a decision-making power within minutes or seconds. That's a big difference."<\/p>\n

Currently, samples need to be taken from patients and analysed in labs. The process can take days and can often give unreliable results. <\/p>\n

The team is using its technology to test if critically ill people are developing pneumonia. <\/p>\n

Patients in intensive care are given broad-spectrum antibiotics just in case they have the infection. But there is a huge downside. Complications can develop as the antibiotics interact with the patient's other medication and clinical studies indicate that as a result tens of thousands of people worldwide die.<\/p>\n

The use of antibiotics in this way also increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant strains emerging. The Proteus system can identify the precise strain of the bacteria and therefore enable doctors to prescribe the appropriate antibiotic, according to Dr Anya Bruce, who is a project manager for the Proteus initiative.<\/p>\n

"There is a huge over-use of antibiotics," she told BBC News. "Clinicians do not have the answers at their fingertips when administering broad-spectrum antibiotics but this technology could give them the information about what they are trying to treat."<\/p>\n

In principle, the technique could be used to detect many other conditions inside the body, such as fungi and cancer, according to Prof Dhaliwal.<\/p>\n

"Our team is making rapid progress in bringing together many technologies to help us develop entirely new approaches to diagnose and treat disease at the bedside." <\/p>\n

Prof Dhaliwal is collaborating with Prof Gerard Cote at Texas A&M University in College Station to use the same technique to develop cheap, portable tests for a range of diseases, including diabetes and coronary heart disease. <\/p>\n

Prof Cote has also developed a system to detect malaria by shining light on a blood sample. Aid workers in the field can see straight away if a patient is infected and provide appropriate medication.<\/p>\n

Currently, this can only be done by sending blood samples to a large hospital where each one has to be checked by eye under a microscope. Each sample can take several hours to analyse. <\/p>\n

Prof Cote aims to have his system incorporated into a tablet device or smartphone so that immediate diagnoses can be made in poor and remote areas.<\/p>\n

"The main global need is to diagnose malaria in the field. And it will have a huge impact, particularly for infants and the elderly who are dying at a tremendous rate in these underserved areas of the world," Prof Cote said.<\/p>\n

Details of the new system were given at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/a> in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Prof Philip Nelson, chief executive of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which funded the research, commented: "This new technology developed by the Proteus team is a clear example of how scientists, engineers and medics can collaborate internationally to produce life-saving techniques for diagnosis and treatment."<\/p>\n

Proteus has also received funding from the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, and CARB-X, the world's largest public-private partnership devoted to antibacterial early development research.<\/p>\n

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