In an interdisciplinary collaboration, the University
of Pennsylvania School
of Veterinary Medicine's Working Dog Center (photo above courtesy
of University
of Pennsylvania), the School
of Arts and
Science's Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Penn Medicine's Division
of Gynecologic Oncology, and the Monell Chemical Senses Center have joined together for a research investigation using canine
olfaction, along with chemical and nanotechnology analysis, to detect early - stage human ovarian cancer.
World
Science Festival — Scents and Sensibilities: The Invisible Language
of Smell — A 90 - minute look (odour - free) at
olfaction, which, we're told is «subconscious, pre-cognitive, and emotional» — which sound like some parties I attended in my youth.