September 2025 PMID 40659046

Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease.

Nicola Rooney, Drupad K Trivedi, Eleanor Sinclair, Caitlin Walton-Doyle, Monty Silverdale, Perdita Barran, Tilo Kunath, Steve Morant, Mark Somerville, Jayde Smith, Julie Jones-Diette, Jenny Corish, Joy Milne, Claire Guest

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285
Peak: 14 in Jul 2025
across 5 sources since Jul 2025

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929,862
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3,901

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132,380

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Jul 2025 – Oct 2025

Where it's discussed

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AI synopsis

What people are saying

The overall discussions reflect a high level of agreement and enthusiasm, with posts emphasizing the dogs' remarkable scent-detection abilities and their potential to improve early diagnosis, exemplified by mentions of sensitivity percentages, accuracy exceeding 80%, and comparisons favoring this method over traditional tests or machine learning, demonstrating strong engagement and perceived impact.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions strongly support the research, with multiple posts emphasizing how impressive and promising the findings are.

InterestHigh interest

Posts express high curiosity, highlighting excitement and potential applications, indicating strong engagement with the topic.

EngagementHigh engagement

Discussions include references to specific details like sensitivity rates, training durations, and comparisons to other diagnostic methods, demonstrating deep involvement.

ImpactHigh impact

The posts suggest this research could be a game changer for early diagnosis and treatment, with some indicating it might surpass current blood tests and machine learning approaches.

Abstract in brief

  • Trained dogs can effectively detect the odor associated with Parkinson's disease, offering a potential method for early diagnosis.
  • In a study, two dogs were trained over several weeks to distinguish between skin swabs from Parkinson’s patients and controls, achieving high sensitivity and specificity in double-blind tests.
  • The results support the idea that dogs can be reliably trained to identify Parkinson's disease by scent, which could aid in early detection where traditional tests are lacking.]

Top posts

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Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
@hyderabaddoctor · X

✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson's disease. ▶️Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and have been trained to detect a variety of diseases. ▶️In this study, two dogs were trained to tell the https://t.co/CTXfIp9haI

Oct 4, 2025 · 53 likes · 9 shares · 96,791 followers View post →
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew · X

“Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson’s disease” by Perdita Barran et al. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease https://t.co/6a6wdVpxPK

Jul 15, 2025 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 505,661 followers View post →
Andrew Lees
@ajlees · X

This excites me much more than the machine learning research on early diagnosis . It has real potential and is likely to be more accurate than alpha synuclein blood tests ⁦@MontySilverdale⁩ ⁦@basbloem⁩ ⁦@CureParkinsonsT⁩ ⁦@UCLIoN⁩ https://t.co/gg674aK5EB

Sep 10, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share · 9,347 followers View post →
Synapticure
@synapticure · X

Jul 28, 2025 · 4 likes · 3,621 followers View post →
Dr Imran Sheikh
@DrImranSheikh · X

Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease https://t.co/LfMhVCP2e2 https://t.co/LhY0nvGhcI

Jul 16, 2025 · 3 likes · 24,156 followers View post →
The Science of Parkinson's
@ScienceofPD · X

#Parkinsons research has gone to the dogs "After 38–53 weeks of training on 205 samples, the dogs were tested in a double-blind trial using 60 control & 40 target (drug-naïve PwP) samples...showed high sensitivity (70% and 80%) & specificity (90% & 98%)" https://t.co/sBuJzWFcbC https://t.co/aJV5MxuiMX

Jul 17, 2025 · 3 likes · 10,906 followers View post →

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Rahul Ray
@RahulRay84 · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 5, 2025 · 9 shares · 285 followers View post →
Vinay
@AnviUpadhyay · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 5, 2025 · 9 shares · 4,757 followers View post →
space
@Wild83206947 · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 5, 2025 · 9 shares · 80 followers View post →
Dr.AMiT JAiSWAL
@aadvikmedics · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 5, 2025 · 9 shares · 67 followers View post →
Punarv
@beingpunarv · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 4, 2025 · 9 shares · 688 followers View post →
BIBHAS SRIVASTAV
@s_bibhas · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 4, 2025 · 9 shares · 321 followers View post →
fitfornothing
@radha_ark · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 4, 2025 · 9 shares · 522 followers View post →
Ripusudan Srivastava
@RipusudanSriva2 · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 4, 2025 · 9 shares · 1,848 followers View post →
Sundara Rajan
@sundarmail · X

RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…

Oct 4, 2025 · 9 shares · 5,415 followers View post →
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
@hyderabaddoctor · X

✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson's disease. ▶️Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and have been trained to detect a variety of diseases. ▶️In this study, two dogs were trained to tell the https://t.co/CTXfIp9haI

Oct 4, 2025 · 53 likes · 9 shares · 96,791 followers View post →
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
@hyderabaddoctor · X

✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson's disease. ▶️Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and have been trained to detect a variety of diseases. ▶️In this study, two dogs were trained to tell the https://t.co/gFWcJgg8kn

Oct 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 96,791 followers View post →
Martha-JD, MBA, PCC-
@mryoung151 · X

RT @ajlees: This excites me much more than the machine learning research on early diagnosis . It has real potential and is likely to be mor…

Sep 20, 2025 · 1 share · 8,829 followers View post →
Pete
@post_liberal · X

‘Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease’ https://t.co/Zg3FnwToNr https://t.co/FUadZdsdG1

Sep 17, 2025 · 9,637 followers View post →
JO
@jopackaj.bsky.social · Bluesky

Trained dogs can detect the odor of #Parkinson's disease Rooney et al 2025 doi.org/10.1177/1877...

Sep 10, 2025 View post →
Andrew Lees
@ajlees · X

This excites me much more than the machine learning research on early diagnosis . It has real potential and is likely to be more accurate than alpha synuclein blood tests ⁦@MontySilverdale⁩ ⁦@basbloem⁩ ⁦@CureParkinsonsT⁩ ⁦@UCLIoN⁩ https://t.co/gg674aK5EB

Sep 10, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share · 9,347 followers View post →
松本英之 (三井記念病院 脳神経内科)
@matsumoto_neuro · X

Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease Medical Detection Dogs, Milton Keynes J Parkinsons Dis. 2025 Jul 14. doi: 10.1177/1877718X251342485

Aug 21, 2025 · 2 likes · 215 followers View post →
旅人 tabito
@tabibito250 · X

Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease - Nicola Rooney, Drupad K Trivedi, Eleanor Sinclair, Caitlin Walton-Doyle, Monty Silverdale, Perdita Barran, Tilo Kunath, Steve Morant, Mark Somerville, Jayde Smith, Julie Jones-Diette, Jenny Corish, https://t.co/kmorpsaGLT.

Aug 8, 2025 · 1 like · 1,068 followers View post →
Synapticure
@synapticure · X

Jul 28, 2025 · 4 likes · 3,621 followers View post →
Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases
@FixelInstitute · X

Two dogs sniffed out Parkinson’s with up to 80% accuracy—just by smelling skin swabs. A UK study from University of Bristol, University of Manchester, and Medical Detection Dogs reveals the surprising power of canine noses in early detection. Learn more! https://t.co/nl0ptokwEh https://t.co/JzCwfx3CG6

Jul 18, 2025 · 1,498 followers View post →
Zada
@zaddles · X

Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease, 2025 https://t.co/9zgPhCuXna

Jul 17, 2025 · 159 followers View post →
Shilpa Gopinath
@shilpagMD · X

Dogs may sniff out Parkinson's before doctors can

Jul 17, 2025 · 2 likes · 113 followers View post →
Professor Erwin Loh
@erwinloh · X

Source: https://t.co/udzRvnab2L

Jul 17, 2025 · 9,487 followers View post →
The Science of Parkinson's
@ScienceofPD · X

#Parkinsons research has gone to the dogs "After 38–53 weeks of training on 205 samples, the dogs were tested in a double-blind trial using 60 control & 40 target (drug-naïve PwP) samples...showed high sensitivity (70% and 80%) & specificity (90% & 98%)" https://t.co/sBuJzWFcbC https://t.co/aJV5MxuiMX

Jul 17, 2025 · 3 likes · 10,906 followers View post →
Roberto Erro
@roberto_erro · X

With a sensitivity between 70% and 80% and a specificity > 90%, two trained dogs perform better than non-trained #neurologists at detecting #Parkinsons #PD #smell @journal_PD https://t.co/mz9MeGl3eQ https://t.co/VvPdmdiGYg

Jul 16, 2025 · 1 like · 136 followers View post →
Dr Imran Sheikh
@DrImranSheikh · X

Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease https://t.co/LfMhVCP2e2 https://t.co/LhY0nvGhcI

Jul 16, 2025 · 3 likes · 24,156 followers View post →
chikwor
@chikwor21 · X

RT @NeuroscienceNew: “Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson’s disease” by Perdita Barran et al. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease htt…

Jul 16, 2025 · 3 shares · 79 followers View post →
Julia #AntiChristoFascist
@JCJ417 · X

RT @NeuroscienceNew: “Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson’s disease” by Perdita Barran et al. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease htt…

Jul 15, 2025 · 3 shares · 3,564 followers View post →
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew · X

“Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson’s disease” by Perdita Barran et al. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease https://t.co/6a6wdVpxPK

Jul 15, 2025 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 505,661 followers View post →
Mel
@oskaandme · X

Congratulations Peanut & Bumper! #Parkinsonsdisease #goldenretriever https://t.co/IfazbVxetm https://t.co/TIYotcKjzp

Jul 15, 2025 · 2 likes · 1,240 followers View post →