Medical breakthrough: Hope for people that smell like fish

wlsam.com/ABC News ^ | March 4, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

NEW YORK) -- There’s new hope for people with Trimethylaminuria, a rare disorder that causes its sufferers to smell like dead fish.

Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia recently won a $36,000 grant to study the genes behind the disorder—work scientists believe could lead to new developments in helping control the symptoms of Trimethylaminuria, also known as TMAU.

ABC News introduced TV viewers to a TMAU sufferer in 2006: Former model and teacher Camille said TMAU endangered her career.

“I was so focused on ‘Do I smell? Do I smell? Are they saying things? Are they whispering? Are they laughing about me?’” she said at the time. Camille asked ABC News not to publish her last name.

Camille said recently that she was doing well. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned since being diagnosed with TMAU, it’s that, with accurate information and proper perspective, TMAU is manageable. Thank you, ABC, for being part of that equation,” she said in a written statement.

[NativeSon]

Ugh! It’s killin me. Must... control... Impulse

[mardi59]

There’s something crappie about this whole thing.

[cripplecreek]

Ugh! It’s killin me. Must... control... Impulse

Sounds like you're floundering.

[bigheadfred]

Is that called slammin’ the salmon?

[eastforker]

I smell like fish alot sometimes, after cleaning them I take a shower and, woopee, it’s gone. Where’s my grant!!!

[mardi59]

Oy!!

Now I know why they invented fishnet stockings.

[mardi59]

Well! You just left me walleyed.

[omni-scientist]

I’m not taking the bait on this one.

[bigheadfred]

Headline: Blind Lesbians See Light At The End Of The Tunnel

[Jack Hydrazine]

Why is everyone so concerned about the way I smell????

[bigheadfred]

At least you weren’t suckered.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Is that called slammin’ the salmon?"

It's time to redefine the phrase, "Sleeping with the fishes."

[LostInBayport]

Why do I think this thread is going to have at least one Helen Thomas photo/comment?

[Chode]

making people throw up on the elevator? seagulls circling your house???

[Vendome]

IBTZ Just for the suggestion.

/s

[mardi59]

LOL

They lure you with the musky odor and then stringer you along.

[tumblindice]

“I may be hard of herring but I smelt trouser trout!”
Natalie “Not A Slut, Just Fat” Mains

[martin_fierro]

[RegulatorCountry]

She could always go to work in a lutefisk factory. Nobody would have a clue.

[bigheadfred]

Yeah, they have no sole.