2015年8月18日 星期二

Employing dogs to sniff out cancer 狗聞癌症味道

Meet the newest cancer specialists at UC Davis. Two dogs are being trained at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center to develop their abilities to identify the scent of cancer in samples of saliva, breath and urine. Researchers say canines could help provide a safe, noninvasive method for detecting cancer before it is too late.

UC Davis clinicians are hoping to greatly advance cancer screenings with the innate olfactory skills of man’s best friend. A university team of physicians, veterinarians and animal behaviorists has begun training a pair of very special canines who may represent high-tech health care on four feet in…
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