article_snippet.sent: The research, carried out in Milan, backs up tests carried out by the charity Medical Detection Dogs.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists found that dog one got dog one right in 98.7 per cent of cases, while for dog two this was 97.6 per cent .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Guest said there is currently a 'reluctance to embrace this tested, time-old technology' but dogs can pick up a scent in a dilution of one to a thousand parts.
article_snippet.sent: Moreover, the detection dogs provide alternative solution that yields consistently accurate results.
article_snippet.sent: If our detection dogs were a machine, there would be huge demand for our detection dogs.'
article_snippet.sent: Medical Detection Dogs, which is based in Milton Keynes, trains specialist canines to detect the odour of human disease.
article_snippet.sent: Medical Detection Dogs, which is based in Milton Keynes also train Medical Alert Assistance dogs to help people with life-threatening health conditions go about people with life-threatening health conditions daily lives.
highlights_snippet.sent: Medical Detection Dogs charity hailed the study as 'spectacular' 