Trained honey bees can be used to detect cancer at its early stages in humans, according to researchers. UK-based Inscentinel, the firm specializing in insect research, in a new research suggested that honey bees, if trained, would be able to detect certain cancers at the early stages.

In the study, Susana Soares, the Portuguese designer created a glass device with two enclosure - one smaller and the other bigger. The smaller enclosure is for the patient to breathe into and the larger chamber is for the trained honey bees. According to reports in Mashable, if the bees can be trained to detect and pinpoint odor they would rush into the smaller chamber where the patient breathes.

Honey bees are super-sensitive to smell and can detect odors that a human nose can't. Using this feature of honey bees, researchers hope to train bees somedays to detect certain early-stage cancers in human beings.

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