Woman's smelling "superpower" detects cancer and Parkinson's

Woman's smelling "superpower" detects cancer and Parkinson's | Just Might Work by Freethink

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This woman can smell diseases - and she’s working with scientists to give you her superpower.
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Smartphones have camera “eyes,” microphone ears, speaker mouths - they even have gyroscopes to mimic our sense of balance and spatial awareness. But what can’t they do? Smell. But an MIT physicist is on a mission to change that.
In February 2021, MIT announced the creation of the “Nano-Nose.” As Freethink previously covered, the Nano-Nose was able to detect prostate cancer with accuracy comparable to a dog’s. The current Nano-Nose looks like a slightly chunky smartphone attachment, and is both biological and electronic.
The Nano-Nose contains living cells grown from the ones in our noses responsible for our sense of smell. When exposed to a scent, these receptors go up or down through an electrical current, drawing a picture of the scent. This is then analyzed by an AI, telling us what the Nano-Nose is detecting - technology inspired by what we know, and don’t know, about the nose.
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@freethink 2 жыл бұрын

What do you think we could do with the power to smell disease?

@ESumner

I can smell it too, I know my ex husband will have Parkinson’s dementia later in life. For me the musky smell is so strong I could barely even sleep next to him… the pillows, his clothes. Nothing got that scent out… it smells like an old man’s hair, or like a nursing home, or really stale bed sheets, spoiled body oil. No matter how clean he was that smell was there.

@timborel1111

I can usually smell if someone is an alcoholic. My ex wife smelled me after a wild night and correctly predicted that I would be homeless very soon.

@sundayvictor4367 2 жыл бұрын

Only legends will know that this video was reposted 😅

@ajsdriver7988

It's terrible. I can smell when someone's sugar is too high. I can't go anywhere. It makes me sick

@andreahawkins5890

I can smell cancer. I thought only dogs could. 2 people in the past 20 years I could smell it they are both passed away of cancer throat and stomach. My mother currently has this awful smell and I told her she needs to get checked because she smells like they did.

@steve1750

I had covid just before christmas 2023 I could smell myself even showering 2-3 times daily and the sweat had wax type feel. My cat would not come near me. I have Parkinson's also and said to my doctor about this, and she said that out of all the patients that she has seen that had covid, only two had reported the smell and the wax like sweat, both have Parkinson's. 🤔

@Haameme 2 жыл бұрын

Gone too far to prove she doesnt have covid

@Valinacamm Жыл бұрын

I'm positive I have this condition. I didn't know there was a name for it. Not sure if u can smell diseases but my sense of smell is crazy compared to other ppl

@euge7569

I worked at a tuberculosis hospital and I can also smell TB, it smells kind of yeasty to me

@andypierce7073 2 жыл бұрын

But I'm told I'm crazy when I say I can smell serotonin and pheromones.

@AiguilleVoodoo 2 жыл бұрын

It really doesn't have to be in a smartphone, nor small, to be life changing. Artificial noses could very well be the revolution Theranos pretended to be. Put one in every pharmacy and doctor's office and you would just have to take a 15 minutes appointment every 6 months to get "sniffed".

@rjung_ch 2 жыл бұрын

Second video of this amazing woman, how she was able to smell her husband's Parkinson without knowing it at the time, then at a meeting with many Parkinson patients must have blown her mind.

@EyeToTheSkyPerth 2 жыл бұрын

I know if my child is going to go down with flu in the next day or two by the smell of their breath ...not quite as impressive as this lady I know

@ffrreeddyy123456 2 жыл бұрын

Smells bring good memories. This video is grand to inspire more innovation within the community.

@15_heidune72 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. It must suck to go to New York for her.

@nanaadwoa 2 жыл бұрын

She went to the entire continent to smell tuberculosis, now that’s remarkable

@MyLifeInDebt 2 жыл бұрын

Six months after a second bout of covid (and yes, I was vaccinated) I still have no smell. I miss it so much.

@brams77 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing.

@Callummullans 2 жыл бұрын

In England you have a hard time getting an actual growth investigated good luck telling them your sweat smells acrid and getting any tests done. Doctors also instantly dismiss at home results and online symptom checkers, it would take a lot to win them over to a more patient controlled/intervened treatment and care plan