The nanoprobes are designed to release reporter molecules when they come near certain kinds of lung tumors.

纳米探针的设计是为了在接近某些类型的肺肿瘤时释放报告分子。

The group is now working to repackage the nanoprobes into a form that could be inhaled as a powder or through a nebulizer.

研究团队目前致力于重新改造纳米探针，使其变成可吸入粉末形式，或装进喷雾器中。

In 2017 Bhatia's team reported a proof-of-concept experiment in Nature Biomedical Engineering that demonstrated nanoprobes like this working to detect early-stage ovarian cancer in mice.

2017 年，Bhatia 的团队在《自然生物医学工程》杂志上报告了一项概念验证实验，该实验证明了像这样的纳米探针可以检测小鼠的早期卵巢癌。

In Bhatia's study, which was done on mice genetically engineered to develop lung tumors very similar to those seen in people, the nanoprobes were able to detect tumors about 50 times smaller than other screening methods.

在 Bhatia 的研究中，该研究是在经过基因工程改造的小鼠身上完成的， 这些小鼠会发展出与人类所见非常相似的肺部肿瘤， 纳米探针能够检测到比其他筛查方法小约 50 倍的肿瘤。