People in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease typically lose their sense of smell. Now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that a sniff test can help detect a condition called ...

Seed amplification assays, those PCR-like reactions for toxic misfolded proteins, are starting to look pretty good. In the May Lancet Neurology, scientists led by Andrew Siderowf, University of ...

Loss of smell is a symptom unique to the coronavirus. It manifests itself differently than the congested, runny nose-type anosmia typical of a common cold, and it can linger for more than a week in ...

Researchers have developed and validated a simple “peel-and-sniff” test that can be completed unsupervised at home to screen for cognitive impairment. It’s well known that impaired olfactory function ...

Scratch-And-Sniff Test May Prove Huge Help In COVID Fight, Some Experts Say Researchers at the University of Colorado are giving new meaning to the question, "Does it pass the smell test?" Believe it ...

(CBS4) - Temperature checks have become commonplace as doctors' offices and other businesses screen for COVID-19, however they may not be the most reliable indicator of coronavirus. CBS4 Medical ...

A simple "sniff test" could signal if an unconscious person is likely to regain consciousness, a new study finds. A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel revealed that the ...

Tim Spector receives grants from multiple sources including Wellcome Trust, MRC, NIHR, CDRF, Seerave foundation, Danone, ZOE, BHF. The ZOE CSS app is a not for profit exercise. He is a co-founder of ...

An unconscious person’s response to odors after a serious brain injury may be a simple yet powerful signal of how aware they are and how likely they are to survive and recover, a new study suggests, ...

Matthew Gilmour receives funding from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). He is affiliated with the UK Food Safety Research Network which connects food businesses, food and ...