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Ants can also 'smell' cancer

Paris: Modern research has surprisingly revealed that ants also specialize in sniffing carcinogens, which can be as accurate as sniffing dogs. On the other hand, ants can be diagnosed with cancer after only 30 minutes of training.

Ants can also 'smell' cancer
Ants can also 'smell' cancer

Scientists working on a project under CRNS in France have said that ants, like other living things, can accurately identify cancer cells. Dogs have an unusual sense of smell. These animals can also detect code 19, and malaria. But training and caring for dogs is very difficult.

Pharmacia Fusca ants have the ability to smell and recognize many organic compounds. In the first stage, they were trained on two tests for breast cancer. In the laboratory, they successfully identified cancerous and non-cancerous cells like a dog.

Dog training takes six months to a year, while ants can be trained in just minutes. According to experts, ants can also be used to identify stale food, explosives, and other diseases. But experts believe that in the case of ants, faster, lower cost and better detection of cancer could be possible.

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