Scientists discover that ants have the ability to detect the scent of a cancerous tumour in urine.
Ants can smell cancer in urine, scientists have found.
Several types of cancer have been found to alter the smell of urine, but for the first time experts have found ants have the ability to detect the scent. In their findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, they said these insects could be used as a cost-effective way to identifyStudy author Professor Patrizia d'Ettorre, of Sorbonne Paris Nord University, said:"Ants can be used as bio-detectors to discriminate healthy individuals from tumour-bearing ones.
For the current study, the researchers exposed 70 ants - belonging to the species known as Formica fusca - to urine samples from mice with, and without, tumours.
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