Dogs Detect Cancer By Smell
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It may sound far fetched, but dogs have been trained to detect bladder cancer by simply smelling urine. The new research opens a new array of possibilities for the future of man&#39;s best friend.
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A new laser analyzer might be able to help doctors detect cancer, asthma or other diseases by sampling a patient's breath, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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ritish researchers have trained dogs to detect bladder cancer by sniffing human urine, opening up the possibility that dogs - or electronic noses modeled on their snouts - may one day be used to detect the disease.
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Dogs have been trained to detect bladder cancer by sniffing urine, using their acute sense of smell to identify a tiny but characteristic odour released by tumours, a study says.
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A simple breath test can sometimes  detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the  disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S.  researchers reported on Sunday.
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Experts have trained unwanted dogs into supersniffers that can detect drugs or bombs. Now they're focusing on a new threat&#151;prostate cancer.
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The study indicates the human brain compares information it gets from each nostril to get clues about where a smell is coming from. And it suggests dogs, mice and other mammals do the same thing, contrary to what most scientists have thought.
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(AGI/REUTERS/AFP) - Rome, Italy, Sept 24 - The oncologists might have one more instrument in the fight against cancer: the scent of dogs.
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from smoke to soap - can be used to predict Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists have discovered. The smell test was as effective at diagnosis as a memory test, and better than a brain scan.
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A new test has found that people who find it hard to identify the smell of strawberry, smoke, soap, menthol, clove, pineapple, natural gas, lilac, lemon and leather might be at the onset of Alzheimer&#39;s Disease.
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Researchers have identified a protein which, when present in large amounts, might indicate that a cancer is particularly aggressive.
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Scientists said on Friday that dogs can be used to detect bladder cancer by smelling urine. There is already anecdotal evidence of dogs alerting their unsuspecting owners of skin cancer by persistently sniffing
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MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The future of lung cancer detection may involve a simple, inexpensive breath test that can pick up the chemical "signature" of patients with the disease, a new study suggests.
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A simple breath test can sometimes detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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Dogs can be trained to detect bladder cancer by &#39;smelling&#39; urine, concludes new research published in this week&#39;s BMJ.
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For more than two decades, New York scientist Richard Axel and colleague Linda B. Buck have shared a singular pursuit: to understand how the brain perceives the world&#39;s myriad of smells - from the scent of roses to the scent of refuse.
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For years, dog owners have been informing their doctors about the apparent disease-detecting ability of their pets, and today those claims gain some credibility