Hero rats could help detect tuberculosis

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巨鼠可以檢測出結核病。 Source: AP

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In laboratories in Tanzania and Nairobi, rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis. Already known for finding land mines, the rodents could now transform the way the disease is detected.

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