Grasshoppers can smell cancer: Scientists have found that insect brains can detect three types of oral cancer –

After experiments on the insect’s brain, scientists suggested that grasshoppers could be used to “smell” cancer in humans.

Researchers at Michigan State University have found that living things can tell the difference between three types of oral cancer-causing cells and non-cancerous cells.

They said the technique could provide a “very fast” alternative to standard cancer screening with methods currently relying on Pap smears and laboratory screenings.

Creatures used to detect cancer in humans, from dogs to ants, have been seen in previous studies, but research has rarely progressed as scientists struggled to find a commercial advantage for such work.

The picture above is of one of the grasshoppers in the studio. The scientists exposed their brains and placed the electrodes. They then exposed the antennae (left and right through the pink rings) to gases released by the cancer cells.

The study was published as a preprint pending peer review in BioRxivin before being published in a medical journal.

The researchers exposed the insect’s brain and then placed electrodes in areas connected to the odor-sensing antennae.

Gases emitted by three types of oral cancer cells and captured by a non-cancerous cell from the same area.

These were exposed to the antennae, and the scientists checked the insect’s brain for a response.

The results showed that each cancer triggers a unique electrical signal in the insect’s brain.

Non-cancerous cells also had their own unique signals.

Dr. Debajit Saha and others, the biomedical engineer who led the research, wrote in their paper: “Our results show that three different forms of oral cancer in humans can be clearly distinguished from each other and from non-cancerous ones by their olfactory reactions. “Reminiscent of the insect’s antennal lobe.”

They said the method was “precise”, “reliable” and “very fast”.

But because the experiment required 40 neurons to run, the team needed to explore six to 10 locust brains.

The scientists behind the method told MIT’s Technology Review that they are working to reduce that number.

But Professor James Covington, an engineer at the University of Warwick in England, who was not involved in the research, warned that they should reduce the number.

‘Bees [used to detect explosives] Then it’s a good life again.” “But it’s a one-time deal for the locusts.”

It was unclear how well the method would work for other types of cancer, or whether locusts could smell cancer in their urine, breath, or sweat as normally detected.

Current methods of detecting cancer are based on Pap smears and scans of areas that may be affected, with results after two to 10 days.

Previous research has shown that dogs can be used to detect various types of cancer, including breast and lung cancers, by sniffing the breath of patients.

French scientists have even found that ants can be trained to recognize cancerous and non-cancerous cells.

According to official estimates, about 54,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer each year.

Overall, 60% of those with the disease survive more than five years after diagnosis. However, the survival rate for those whose cancer is detected in the early stages is as high as 90 percent.