New role for man’s best friend: Detecting cancer

Dognosis, a startup in Bengaluru, is using AI, motion sensor and dog treats to create a multi-cancer detection test.

It’s an unusual testing lab. A rectangular room with a chute in the middle that doles out dog treats. Around this is an oval green ramp with multiple small stations containing samples of human breath. In one corner, a dog trainer puts an EEG helmet and harness that measures neurobehavioural signatures on Chloe, a 2-year-old beagle, who is the star of this session.

Currently the canine olfaction technology needs a dog to express what it’s smelling and a trained human to analyse what the dog’s communicating. (Dognosis)

Once released, Chloe, heads to the chute to check for treats, doesn’t find anything, goes around the