Japan's greatest new cancer detector is this 5 year old black lab named Marine. Marine can distinguish up to 18 different types of cancer just from sniffing a human's breath, but there's more: this year, Japanese biomimetics company Seems Inc. is coming out with a portable, cell-phone-sized sensor that mechanically replicates this dog's olfactory skills. The device is slated to come out within six months and will be sold for under 10,000 yen. Now that's pretty affordable and awesome.
via the Japan Times (Thanks, Mary!)
The bad thing is, he probably can't tell us which particular kind of cancer he smells, therefore they would have to test for all 18 kinds. I saw a dog they were training to do this in the States on TV once too. I think you should train Ruby to smell cancer too!
Posted by: Jenanime | April 25, 2007 at 05:30 AM
I love it when dogs can help human beings.
Posted by: mom | April 25, 2007 at 08:23 PM