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Health · 14 August 2026

Dogs are sniffing out cancer in a new Indian trial

Dogs are sniffing out cancer in a new Indian trial

A startup called Dognosis in Bengaluru, India, is training dogs to detect early signs of cancer in human breath samples. The company initiated a Phase 3 trial involving 10 hospitals throughout India, with the goal of enrolling approximately 10,000 participants within a year. Dognosis intends to introduce a multi-cancer prescreening test for home use in India next year.

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