Honeybees can detect lung cancer in humans: Research

(NewsNation) — Bad breath may say a lot about you. But soon, it could help determine if you have lung cancer — if a honeybee gets a whiff.

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered that honeybees can detect the chemicals associated with lung cancer in a person’s breath.

“Insects have an amazing sense of smell the same way dogs do,” said Debajit Saha, an assistant professor at MSU’s Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, in a release from the university.