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Like all beagles, Iceman has an incredible sense of smell. His nose is so powerful, it’s used to sniff out cancer. Using the beagles’ remarkable sense of smell, health startup ‘Spotitearly’ has created a test for people to get pre-screened for cancer as a way to increase chances of early detection. “Only 14% of the newly diagnosed cancers in the U.S. are done so through the routine screening. So not a lot of people are actually getting those tests on time,” says CEO Shlomi Madar.

The test is simple, according to Madar, “All we ask from the patient is to wear a mask for a few minutes, breathe into it, put it in a capsule and send it back to the lab.” Once the sample is back at the lab, the beagles get to work looking for the four most common typ

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