Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week's episode, we talk to Dr Claire Guest.

She is the co-founder of the Medical Detection Dogs charity.

In this episode of Instant Genius, Guest explains the incredible abilities of dogs to sniff out cancer. She outlines how they do it and how this is now being deployed in real world situations.

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Daniel BennettEditor, BBC Science Focus

Daniel Bennett is the Editor of BBC Science Focus. He is an award-winning journalist who’s been reporting on science and technology for over a decade, writing about the science of serials killers, sandwiches, supernovae and almost everything in between.