Dogs have one of the most powerful senses of smell in the animal kingdom, allowing them to detect specific chemical compounds in human breath, sweat, or urine. Studies show trained dogs can identify ...

Cancer is a leading cause of death in both humans and pets; studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all dogs will develop cancer during their lifetime. Hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive, ...

Dognosis, a startup in Bengaluru, is using AI, motion sensor and dog treats to create a multi-cancer detection test.

Research has shown that dogs can detect breast, lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer. SpotitEarly, which is using beagles for the early detection of cancer, has upgraded its technology with the ...

Dogs rely on scent in ways that still surprise researchers. They have up to 300 million olfactory receptors, compared to about 6 million in humans, and can detect smells 10,000 to 100,000 times more ...

Cancer is a leading cause of death in both humans and pets; studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all dogs will develop cancer during their lifetime. Hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive, ...

Some dogs really do have superpowers—only instead of capes, they’ve got world-class sniffers. While most humans can barely ...

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Researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center published new research on how trained dogs can detect the odor of a certain type of canine cancer in blood samples. The dogs were ...

There is new hope in the fight against a devastating cancer in dogs that is often deadly. Researchers at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in South Philadelphia are training dogs to help detect ...

Researchers say it didn't matter if the patients who gave the breath sample had recently smoked. The findings have many hoping an earlier detection system, based on supersensitive canine noses, won't ...