# How we're using dogs to sniff out malaria

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxLondon
- Speaker: James Logan
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/james_logan_how_we_re_using_dogs_to_sniff_out_malaria)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if we could diagnose some of the world's deadliest diseases by the smells our bodies give off? In a fascinating talk and live demo, biologist James Logan introduces Freya, a malaria-sniffing dog, to show how we can harness the awesome powers of animal scent to detect chemical signatures associated with infection -- and change the way we diagnose disease.

## Lectures

1. [How we're using dogs to sniff out malaria](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/james_logan_how_we_re_using_dogs_to_sniff_out_malaria/5f0936562b4e), 18 min (TED's player)