Scientists in Japan are using roundworms to "sniff out" cancer in new research. Researchers have created an inexpensive biological kit, which they claim can detect 15 different types of the disease.
The research was inspired by dogs having the ability to use their noses to detect everything from melanomas to lung, breast and bladder cancer.
The new kit costs under $90 (£70) and, fortunately, the patient won't need to come into contact with the roundworm or nematode – they will just have to produce a urine sample, reports Sputnick News .
Dr. Takaaki Hirotsu, president of Hirotsu Bio Science, the company which came up with the test, explained the methodology behind their new kit.
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