(E.B.W.) Critter Corner
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Researchers train dogs to sniff our cancer
“PHILADELPHIA-
Researchers trying to develop a diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer are hoping
dogs’ keen sense of smell will lead them down the right path.
An early detection device that combines
old-fashioned olfactory skills, chemical analysis & modern technology could
lead to better survival rates for the disease…
Using blood & tissue samples
donated by patients, the University
of Pennsylvania’s Working
Dog Center has started training 3 canines to sniff out the signature compound
that indicates the presence of ovarian cancer.
If the animals can isolate the
chemical marker, scientists at the nearby Monell Chemical
Senses Center
will work to create an electronic sensor to identify the same odorant…
…Another study in Britain in 2004 demonstrated that
dogs could identify bladder cancer patients by smelling their urine…
The ovarian cancer detection study
is being funded by an 80,000 U.S.
grant from the Madison, N.J.-based Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation.”
Kathy
Matheson
THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The
Gazette, Montreal
August
10/2013
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