Medical specialists point out that research done in this area is exciting but preliminary.
No study has been scrutinized by peer review or tried in a public place like the arena where the Miami Heat will play. And the FDA has not signed off on this method of screening.
Dogs have been used to sniff out possible bombs and some have even detected early stages of ovarian cancer.
They have up to 300 million smell receptors, while humans only have about 6 million making dogs uniquely equipped to detect scents humans can t. What we re trying to do is find if there is an odor a volatile organic compound basically, that is telling us that there is a difference, said Dr. Cynthia M. Otto, Professor of Working Dog Sciences and Sports Medicine. And what we re hoping is that the dogs can figure that out.