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. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

The next breakthrough in cancer screening is emerging from the convergence of artificial intelligence and canine biology. That’s the thesis behind SpotitEarly, a startup that recently launched in 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 ...

A health start-up is harnessing the power of beagles' extraordinary sense of smell to revolutionize early cancer detection. The company, Spot It Early, has developed a test that uses trained beagles ...

Developing comprehensive screening for early-stage cancer is the key to saving the most lives. Although multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests are still being researched and lack FDA approval, ...

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 ...

The dogs are detecting changes in volatile organic compounds — substances produced by the body when diseases like cancer are ...

After a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, residents were exposed to carcinogens such as vinyl chloride, acrolein and dioxin. Since tumors are ...