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health1 month ago•49 min saved

Inca the German Shepherd’s nose saves a life by detecting early lung cancer

Colleen Ferguson, a 60-year-old science teacher in Kent, England, was surprised when her two-year-old German Shepherd, Inca, kept sniffing her breath. After medical tests, doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumor in Ferguson’s lung caught at stage 1, which was surgically removed. The surgeon credited the dog with saving her life. The piece also highlights MIT’s development of an AI-assisted electronic nose (e-nose) to detect cancer, illustrating the growing potential of machine olfaction in early cancer diagnosis.

via Upworthy|

#dog #e-nose #early-detection

science-and-health1 month ago•41 min saved

Breath-Sniffing Dog Sparks AI Nose for Early Cancer Detection

A German shepherd named Inca obsessively sniffed her owner Colleen Ferguson’s breath, leading to a CT scan that found a golf-ball-sized lung tumor at stage 1 and a successful surgical removal with no further treatment. The story adds to evidence that dogs can detect cancer by scent, and researchers are developing an MIT‑based AI-powered “e-nose” to mimic canine olfaction for noninvasive cancer detection, currently being tested on urine samples with the goal of clinical use within two years and potential smartphone integration.

via Good News Network|

#artificial-intelligence #cancer #dogs