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It also delivered results in less than four hours for urine, pus, and sputum samples, and within one day for blood samples.

In this study, experts engineered a living material resembling natural sputum, or phlegm, from CF patients that can grow 3D polymicrobial biofilms in a controlled manner, resembling those found in the CF lung.

A sign at the entrance to the clinic announces the other major health problem: "sputum sampling" for tuberculosis or TB.

She said she was concerned because Tammy Daybell was just 49 and also had quite a bit of foamy pink sputum coming from her mouth.

They’ve also helped health clinics in Africa diagnose people with tuberculosis, detecting the bacteria in the sputum samples of 25,000 patients.