Teach dogs to detect cancer

Experiments have demonstrated that the hunting dog named Marina has the ability to detect cancer signs with very high accuracy.

Short-haired dogs are believed to be able to identify dangerous diseases.

Experimental results from Japanese scientists have confirmed the hypothesis that dogs (especially labrador short-haired dogs) are capable of identifying dangerous diseases, among them skin cancer, Bladder, lung, ovarian, and breast cancer.

Izvestia newspaper reported that the researchers took breath samples and feces of 40 people diagnosed with serious diseases that are currently untreated and 320 healthy people to give Marina ' diagnosis '. The Marina hound has identified the presence of malignant tumors in 33 of 36 air samples and 37 of the 38 cases after smelling colon products. The dog even diagnoses bowel cancer at a very early stage that the tests used in the analysis rooms have not yet found.

However, Dr. Hideto Sonoda of Kiushiu University stated that the above method still cannot be applied simply because the training for a dog to acquire this ' transcendent ' ability is very elaborate. Training fees ' are not cheap at all.

According to the doctors, the reason dogs can detect olfactory diseases, means that in the samples of certain organic substances produced by the disease, it is thanks to the very good nose. Therefore, it is essential to know what the substance is in particular, then use the ' electronic nose ', which has a very high sensitivity - in order to identify the odors it will become simple and accurate. much more.