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30.11.04

Lassie - Get the Oncologist!

Just when you thought that you had seen or heard everything --- dogs in the UK have been trained to sniff out cancer. They have proven more reliable than some scans or other imaging techniques. The theory is that tumors emit an organic smell that dogs can differentiate from healthy tissue. No one truly knows what the power of a dog's nose is -- it is estimated at one hundred times that of man. Lassie�Get the Oncologist! - - science news articles online technology magazine articles Lassie�Get the Oncologist!

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