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Phys.org — Biology · September 7, 2026

Can dogs sniff cancer? AI joins the hunt in India

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Decoding canine physiological and behavioral sensor data to detect cancer

Indian startup Dognosis has integrated canine olfactory screening with wearable sensor gear to detect cancer from breath samples, reporting over 90% accuracy across seven cancer types in a 1,500-participant study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The platform employs machine learning to interpret sensor data tracking dogs' brain activity, respiration, and body language, converting biological scent recognition into standardized diagnostic readouts. This development illustrates for biomedical and clinical faculty how biological sensors, wearable instrumentation, and AI can converge to address barriers to scalable, noninvasive early cancer detection.

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