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September 24, 2004
A Smelly Job, But Someone's Gotta Do It
Scientists in London recently discovered that dogs have the ability to detect cancer in human urine. An assortment of canines - including 2 cocker spaniels (the most accurate), a papillon, a labrador and a mongrel - were trained to sniff out urine from cancer patients, and ignore urine with no traces of the disease.
With only a 41% accuracy, this method of testing still has a long way to go, but it made me ponder about its future applications. Wouldn't it be great if dogs could sniff out fear of commitment too? Or bipolar disorder? Or racism? We could be on to something here...
Posted by Michele at September 24, 2004 01:24 PM
