Biosensors-On-Four-Feet Detect Animals Infected with Bird Flu

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 19:42 in Health & Medicine

Blood hounds may soon have a new partner ― disease detector dogs ― thanks to an unusual experiment in which scientists trained mice to identify feces of ducks infected with bird flu. Reported at the American Chemical Society's 240th National Meeting, the study may pave the way for development of biosensors-on-four-feet that warn of infection with influenza and other diseases.

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