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Re: livinginthelimelight post# 5334

Thursday, 10/16/2014 9:07:24 PM

Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:07:24 PM

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http://www.livescience.com/11149-mice-learn-sniff-bird-flu.html

In a similar study published in 2002, researchers at Monell trained mice to detect mouse mammary tumor virus in the odor of infected mice, and in the odor of their urine, while those mice were still tumor-free.

In the cases of both viruses, it was clear the trained mice could detect the disease, but it was not clear what they were smelling. The researchers speculated that disruptions to the immune systems of the infected mice produced the odor