A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's

Re:A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's by saagarjha on Thursday November 14, 2019 @01:11AM (#21533184)

Is it the cancer or the treatment that you're smelling?

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Re:A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's by Ewigkeit on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:36PM (#21540748)

It smelled like the cell culture lab. I wouldn't know what the treatment smelled like but it's possible the treatment might have smelled like DMEM.

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Re:A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's by 0xdeadb00f on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:40PM (#21540290)

This is my thought as well. A specific medication that is secreted when sweating, or an odour picked up during a treatment process.

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Re:A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's by dredmorbius on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:46AM (#21542548)

Radiation therapy leaves a distinct oder I can detect.

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