Cancer is such a disease for which exact treatment has not been found till date. Because of this, millions of people lose their lives every year. The biggest thing is that if this disease is not detected at the right time, then it becomes more fatal and then the hope of saving the patient’s life becomes very less. It costs a lot in its treatment and its checkup, due to which many people who come from poor strata or whose economic condition is not so good, they do not even get cancer checkup done. But scientists have claimed in one of their latest studies that ants of a particular species can detect cancer by smelling it. If this research is successful, it will help people a lot.
What is this research
The French National Center for Scientific Research has recently In the latest report, it has been claimed that this special type of ants can be more successful than dogs in detecting cancer. This research report was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. According to this, Formica fusca ants, found in Europe and South Asia, have a special quality inside, due to which they can smell and find out which person has cancer disease.
Ants How does it come to know
Actually, when a patient is suffering from cancer, a chemical named Volatile Organic Compound is released from the cancerous tumor present in his body. This chemical comes out of our body through urine and sweat. Ants of this particular species smell this chemical and doctors come to know about cancer. If this research is successful, then the common man will get relief from the huge amount that has to be spent in cancer checkup in the coming times.
Dogs have also been given Training
Some time back some scientists had tried to give a similar training to dogs, so that they can detect whether a person has cancerous tumors or not by smelling them. This research is still going on. Some positive results have also been found. Scientists believe that if this deadly disease i.e. cancer is detected even before reaching the advanced stage, then doctors will be helped in treating the patient and many times if the treatment is done in time then the life of the patient will also be saved. goes.
