> I actually tried contacting some researchers locally, because I live near a university hospital that does a lot of research into testing for cancer. They basically said it was impossible and to stop wasting their time… like damn okay sorry
Too bad. I guess a blind study with a control group wouldn't be too hard to conduct. Worst case, it was a waste of time. Otherwise, might lead to interesting discoveries.
I saw this too, not Shure if a reddit post is HN worthy. Regardless, I think there are studies in dogs, but I have not heard of human smelling cancer.and there are multiple people (?) claiming it in the comments.
I have pretty good sense of smell and as I'm aging I've noticed I started to smell like my grandfather who died pretty early of cancer. Could be just caked on, work-from-home type of sweat.
Prob smelling the waste products from sweat glands from the immune response. Like smelling post workout sweat and knowing someone owns a gym bag.
Very useful if you can dial it in.
Still suspect that it was posted on April 1. A little patience might have been better for him if it’s legit.
Also, a decade or so ago, a woman noticed a change in smell of her husband when he got Parkinson's [1]. She can smell the disease on people. I believe some dog's can also smell disease such as cancer. This sort of thing is a "super-power" I hope science can nail down and harness somehow.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62795737