Sweet-smelling breath chemical captured for early diabetes detection By Reuters - Tuesday, December 30, 2014 18:23 Share this A non-invasive device that measures a sweet-smelling chemical in the breath to indicate the risk of Type 1 diabetes in children is being developed by researchers from Oxford, who plan to have it in doctors' surgeries by the middle of 2015. TAG :non-invasive device, sweet-smelling chemical, breath, risk, Type 1 diabetes, children