Giant Rats Are Being Used To Sniff Out Tuberculosis

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A rat peeks through a feeding hole. Maarten Boersema/APOPO's HeroRATs

Rats don't have the best reputation when it comes to diseases. But giant rats are actually being used to detect and prevent tuberculosis (TB) with a huge amount of success. Even more recently, they’ve specifically turned their noses to sniffing out the disease in East African prisons.