The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog
5 years, 10 months ago

The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog

Wired  

The dogs still make Andreas Mershin angry. Tipped off by a Scottish nurse with a highly attuned nose, scientists have recently learned that people with Parkinson’s disease begin emitting a distinct “woody, musky odor” years before they show symptoms. Andreas Mershin believes we don’t have to understand how mammals smell to build an artificial nose. Mershin, however, believes that we don’t really have to understand how mammals smell to build an artificial nose. He’s betting that things will work the other way around: To understand the nose, we have to build one first.

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Ants can smell cancer in urine, research shows
2 years, 2 months ago

Ants can smell cancer in urine, research shows

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Study author Professor Patrizia d’Ettorre, of Sorbonne Paris Nord University in Paris, France, told the …

Ants have the ability to sniff out cancer in humans, study reveals
3 years ago

Ants have the ability to sniff out cancer in humans, study reveals

Daily Mail  

Ants have the ability to sniff out cancerous cells in humans, a new study has discovered, suggesting they could be used for cancer diagnosis in future. It was able to differentiate cancerous cells from healthy cells in humans, thanks to their sense of smell, limited trials revealed. Ants have the ability to sniff out cancerous cells in humans, a new …

Dogs can sniff out cancer in blood with 97% accuracy: Study
5 years, 11 months ago

Dogs can sniff out cancer in blood with 97% accuracy: Study

India TV News  

Your canine friend can use its highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with cancer with almost 97 per cent accuracy, a finding that can lead to new low-cost and non-invasive screening approaches for the disease, finds a study. "Although there is no cure for cancer, early detection offers the best hope," said lead researcher …

Dogs can use their sense of smell to recognise the specific scent of seizures
6 years ago

Dogs can use their sense of smell to recognise the specific scent of seizures

Firstpost  

Dogs are able to detect the odours of certain diseases, including some cancers, diabetes, and malaria. Dogs can use their remarkable sense of smell to recognise the specific scent of seizures, researchers said Thursday, raising hope that canine carers could one day protect sufferers before a fit takes hold. Researchers in France used five dogs — Casey, Dodger, Lana, Zoey, …

‘Robo-nose’ could replace sniffer dogs
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Robo-nose’ could replace sniffer dogs

The Hindu  

Scientists have developed an artificial “robot nose” device made from living mouse cells that could be used instead of dogs to sniff out narcotics and explosives. “This idea of an artificial nose has been present for a long time,” said Hiroaki Matsunami, a professor at Duke and corresponding author of the work published in Nature Communications. “The receptors were identified …

Dogs can detect breast cancer by smelling a bandage
8 years ago

Dogs can detect breast cancer by smelling a bandage

Daily Mail  

With just six months of training, a pair of German Shepherds became 100-percent accurate in their new role as breast cancer spotters, the team said. With just six months of training, a pair of German Shepherds became 100-percent accurate in their new role as breast cancer spotters, the Kdog team said. Working on the assumption that breast cancer cells have …

From land mines to cancer, animals' incredible sense of smell is saving lives
9 years, 1 month ago

From land mines to cancer, animals' incredible sense of smell is saving lives

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Around the world, other animals – mostly dogs – are being used experimentally to screen human samples for disease; …

Meet the dogs who can sniff out cancer
9 years, 4 months ago

Meet the dogs who can sniff out cancer

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world Story highlights Dogs' noses have 300 million sensors, compared with a human's 5 million Some dogs can detect cancer's unique odors called volatile organic compounds Milton Keynes, United Kingdom CNN — Lucy, a cross between a Labrador retriever and an Irish water spaniel, failed …

Dogs prove successful at sniffing out bowel cancer
10 years ago

Dogs prove successful at sniffing out bowel cancer

Dutch News  

Dogs being trained to sniff out bowel cancer can already recognise its smell after less than a year in training, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday. The five cocker spaniels are being trained by the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation KNGF and have sniffed 380 samples of human faeces including some from patients with bowel cancer. ‘Bowel cancer is mainly diagnosed …

Dogs prove successful at sniffing out bowel cancer
10 years ago

Dogs prove successful at sniffing out bowel cancer

Dutch News  

Dogs being trained to sniff out bowel cancer can already recognise its smell after less than a year in training, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday. The five cocker spaniels are being trained by the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation KNGF and have sniffed 380 samples of human faeces including some from patients with bowel cancer. ‘Bowel cancer is mainly diagnosed …

训练有素的狗能嗅出癌症
11 years, 4 months ago

训练有素的狗能嗅出癌症

China Daily  

狗是人类最好的朋友，也可能是人类健康最大的盟友。《今日医学新闻》报道称，越来越多的狗用于训练嗅出癌症、糖尿病、细菌感染和其他健康问题。 美国组织Dogs4Diabetes的研究发现，狗狗们能在患有糖尿病的主人血糖指数太低时提醒他们。一只狗有超过3亿的气味腺（人大概有500万），这些使得狗的嗅觉的灵敏度是人的10万倍。 Dogs4Diabetics的常务董事拉尔夫认为，所有疾病都与气味有关，因为身体会发生变化，这些气味明显体现在呼吸和汗味里。 Man's best friend may friend also be his best health ally. Medical News Today reports a rise in the number dogs trained to sniff out cancer, diabetic conditions, bacterial infections, and other health problems. Other research has found dogs are able to detect clostridium difficile — a nasty bacterial infection that causes may illnesses acquired in hospitals …

Doctors train dogs to sniff out Ovarian cancer in the hope of building a cheap test to diagnose the 'silent killer' disease
11 years, 7 months ago

Doctors train dogs to sniff out Ovarian cancer in the hope of building a cheap test to diagnose the 'silent killer' disease

Daily Mail  

Doctors train dogs to sniff out Ovarian cancer in the hope of building a cheap test to diagnose the 'silent killer' Researchers trying to develop a diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer are hoping dogs' keen sense of smell will lead them down the right path. Using blood and tissue samples donated by patients, the University of Pennsylvania's Working Dog Center …

Can Dogs Smell Cancer?
14 years, 1 month ago

Can Dogs Smell Cancer?

NPR  

Can Dogs Smell Cancer? Dr. BEAUCHAMP: Yes, and for hundreds of years, it's been thought that dogs and many other species, including people, can actually detect diseases based on smells coming from patients. Dr. BEAUCHAMP: No, in fact there were many anecdotes for many, many years, but it's only been recently that true, experimental studies have been conducted - like …

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