Edwin J.C. Moonen

TL;DR: Focusing on the subgroup of men with normal semen quality showed that sperm count and sperm progressive motility were inversely related to the concentrations of PCB metabolites within this group, the first time that a correlation between exposure to environmental pollutants with endocrine-disrupting capacity and human sperm quality has been observed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a methodological approach able to identify profiles of VOCs in breath unique for patient groups and applied this recently developed methodology regarding diagnosis of COPD patients.

TL;DR: The correct diagnosis of asthma in young children is often hard to achieve, resulting in undertreatment of asthmatic children and overtreatment in transient wheezers.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates proof of principle of the developed method tested on a smoking/non-smoking study population based on the VOC profiles available in their exhaled air, which contributes to future development of fast, accurate and non-invasive diagnostics of inflammatory diseases including pulmonary diseases.

TL;DR: It was showed that VOCs in the exhaled breath predict the subsequent development of asthma which might guide early treatment.