“Canines sniff out cancer”
Humans have about five million smell receptors. A dog has about 220 million. Dogs smell so well that five dogs were brought into cancer research center in California to sniff patient’s breath. The dogs could detect lung cancer with 97 percent accuracy.
Source: http://guidemagazine.org
Oh, yes! This is the title for the second series of Camp Half-Blood, “The Heroes of Olympus.” The first book is entitled, “The Lost Hero”, which will be released this October 12, 2010. Still a long way to go, though.
Source: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2010/04/lost-hero.html