Dog sniff test

If you’ve seen A Dog’s Purpose movies (both parts), you’ll likely remember a scene in the movie where the dog crosses his legs in front of a cancer patient indicating that the person has cancer. How was the dog able to do this? Smell is a huge indicator for dogs and many dogs are used to indicate the presence of a disease. So is there a way to capture this connection between a dog’s sniff and science?

Researchers at MIT have started to find a way to capture this olfactory method via a created technology. It is still under development but it could have immense promise as you wouldn’t have to rely on dogs to do the hard work. Technological advances are likely and duplicating exactly the connection between a dog’s nose and his brain will likely be impossible but anything that can help science find, cure, and prevent diseases is going to be beneficial, if done ethically. Read more about this breakthrough here:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217151121.htm

Stay well!