2023-12-19 16:05:11
The K-Dog project aims to legitimize or not the hypothesis according to which certain odors could constitute biomarkers of cancer, and thus detect it using canine scent. SERIS/KDOG
With the Curie Institute, she is developing an artificial nose capable of detecting tumors attacking the breast.
“We have here a somewhat unusual criminal for the national gendarmerie since the one we are looking for is not an individual, but cancer.» With the meaning of the formula, Lieutenant-Colonel Guillaume Cognon, deputy head of the physical and chemical forensics division of the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN), summarizes the partnership that unites its laboratories today. de Cergy-Pontoise and the Institut Curie – this Parisian hospital and research complex dedicated to the fight against female cancers.
For three years, researchers and investigators have joined forces and methods to characterize the odor of breast cancer at an early stage, without the need for a medically invasive technique.
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“If detected early, breast cancer can be cured in nine out of ten cases. Many lives would be saved through better prevention of risk factors and increased access to screening. However, too many…
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