Device Detects Cancer from Breath Samples

Device Detects Cancer from Breath Samples

We humans are sadly deficient in our sense of smell. Dogs, for example, have 50 times as many olfactory receptors in their noses, as humans and the portion of a dog’s brain dedicated to analyzing smells is 40 timesproportionally larger. Law enforcement and...
Nano Sensors Sniff Gastric Cancer

Nano Sensors Sniff Gastric Cancer

Perhaps you’ve read that dogs can be trained to detect cancer. Various tumors produce specific alkalines and smelly compounds that dogs — with their ability to discriminate odors as discrete as possibly parts per trillion — can detect the cancer from...