One in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives. The good news is that it is a highly treatable disease. The trick is catching it early – something that humans are less successful at, but that dogs manage to do with a spooky level of accuracy. 

Shini Somara talks to the young scientist who's capitalized on this knowledge to create an e-nose that mimics those of sniffer dogs. Judit Giro Benet, who won the 2020 James Dyson award, has created a 'Blue Box' which combines this e-nose with artificial intelligence to create a home cancer detection kit which could potentially revolutionise healthcare.

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