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  "id": 6146263,
  "title": "India startup trains dogs to sniff out cancer with AI help",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/india-startup-trains-dogs-to-sniff-out-cancer-with-ai-help",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-07T15:05:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2026/09/1527876/india-startup-trains-dogs-sniff-out-cancer-ai-help"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Bengaluru, India, a startup called Dognosis is training dogs to detect cancer through scent. The dogs, fitted with 3D-printed helmets and harnesses, are equipped with sensors to analyze their brain activity, respiration, and body language. AI is then used to turn the dogs' reactions to scent into data. Co-founder Akash Kulgod, 26, explains that in an hour, the startup can perform thousands of sniffs, each evaluating a sample. Dognosis aims to launch the technology commercially next year, potentially becoming the third company to offer this service after firms from Germany and Israel. Early detection of cancer is crucial for improving survival rates, and Dognosis believes their dog-sniffing system could offer an accessible and cost-effective screening method. The company is collaborating with government medical institutions and has already conducted a study with over 1,500 participants in Karnataka state, achieving an accuracy rate of over 90 percent across seven major types of cancer. While cancer specialists are cautiously optimistic about the potential of this technology, more research with larger groups is needed before definitive conclusions can be drawn.",
  "summary": "WHEN rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India’s tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from artificial intelligence (AI).",
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Can dogs sniff cancer? AI joins the hunt in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/can-dogs-sniff-cancer-ai-joins-the-hunt-in-india",
        "published": "2026-09-07T03:25:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "title": "Can dogs sniff cancer? AI joins the hunt in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/can-dogs-sniff-cancer-ai-joins-the-hunt-in-india-6103980",
        "published": "2026-09-07T04:42:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Can dogs sniff cancer? AI joins the hunt in India.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/can-dogs-sniff-cancer-ai-joins-the-hunt-in-india-6109346",
        "published": "2026-09-07T06:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Can dogs sniff cancer? AI joins the hunt in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/can-dogs-sniff-cancer-ai-joins-the-hunt-in-india-6115728",
        "published": "2026-09-07T08:07:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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