Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Study Shows Dogs Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer

Posted by Soulskill on from the still-confused-by-pretending-to-throw-tennis-balls dept.

cylonlover writes "Last year, researchers developed a cancer-detecting electronic nose inspired by dogs' ability to sniff out different types of ovarian cancer. Now a new study has found that sniffer dogs' abilities extend to reliably detecting lung cancer. The researchers say the results of the study (abstract) confirm that there is a stable marker for lung cancer, which offers the possibility that a 'breath test' for the early detection of lung cancer could be developed."

1 of 78 comments (clear)

  1. This could be socially valuable... by Genda · · Score: 1, Troll

    Now if we can teach them to sniff out stupid and criminally inclined, we can run all our politician through and subsequently assign them tasks according to their level of reliability. With this technology we could have put George Bush Jr. in charge of the White House garden, and Dick Cheney in charge of the White House laundry (no you don't need Haliburton to get clean white sheets!)