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Without reading the article, I would answer a resounding "yes." Dogs can be trained to smell _cancer._ That is mind-bogglingly cool.
by Whitespace 6y ago
Without reading the article, I would answer a resounding "yes."
Dogs can be trained to smell _cancer._ That is mind-bogglingly cool.
- GuiA 6y agoThere are anecdotal reports of doctors/nurses able to pick up certain typical "illness smells" from their patients. Not sure if it's ever been studied more in depth.
- klyrs 6y agoJoy Milne has gained some recognition for being able to smell Parkinson's, and that seems to getting some serious attention. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/820274501/her-incredible-sense-of-smell-is-helping-scientists-find-new-ways-to-diagnose-di https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/8202745...
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- vanderZwan 6y agoOn a similar note: in "Prehistorik Road Trip", paleontologist Eileen Grogan remarks that shark fossils have a very characteristic smell. That's a human nose, talking about 323 million year old fossils. Dogs being able to detect much more recent things does not surprise me at all [0] https://www.pbs.org/video/welcome-to-fossil-country-mpoq6h/ https://www.pbs.org/video/welcome-to-fossil-country-mpoq6h/ (around the 18:50 mark)