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Scientists have developed a new way to test patients for pancreatic cancer, but it may give some of them the creeps. The test rolled out in Japan this month uses small worms to sniff out tumors, and the company says it works. Biotech company Hirotsu Bio Science says the early screening is 100% accurate.
The good news is that they don’t put the worms in the patients. Users send a urine sample to a lab in the mail that’s added to a petri dish full of nematodes, which are known for their strong sense of smell. The worms have been genetically modified to swim away from pancreatic cancer samples.
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