Dogs trained to assist diabetics

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(26 Jun 2009) SHOTLIST • Durham - 25 June 2009 • 1. Various of Paul Jackson (left) and son James walking dog Tinker along riverbank • 2. Tinker wearing jacket reading: Diabetic Hypo-Alert Dog • 3. Wide of cafe in crowded street • 4. Various of Paul Jackson and his son James drinking coffee • 5. Wide of Tinker sitting under table at cafe • 6. Close-up of Tinker wearing jacket • 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Jackson, Diabetes sufferer: • It was his behaviour around me when I was having a hypoglycemic attack. The way he would lick my face, or cry gently while I was sitting down, or bark even. And then we noticed that this behaviour was happening while I was having a hypoglycemic attack so we just put two and two together. • Aylesbury - 24 June 2009 • 8. Various of dog trainer Kimberley Cox taking diabetes-sniffing dog Rory out of vehicle, into Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs Centre • 9. Cox taking sample of odour from fridge • 10. Close-up of bottle containing hypoglycemic odour embedded in cotton wool • 11. Wide of room with Cox opening bottle, Rory running and jumping up onto her • 12. Rory licking Cox's face • 13. Close-up of Cox's insulin kit on chair, reading: (English) First Aid • 14. Rory running to insulin kit and bringing it to Cox • 15. Cox rewarding Rory • 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Kimberley Cox, Dog trainer and diabetes sufferer: • I've taught him to recognise the odour, and the odour signals to him a big reward, so he knows to come up to me and recognise that odour. • 17. Dog trainer Rob Harris leading cancer-sniffing dogs into the Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs Centre • 18. Various of researcher placing cancerous and non-cancerous urine samples in bottles • 19. Various of cancer-sniffing dog Jake running around carousel looking for cancerous sample as researchers look on • 20. Close-up of Jake sniffing at cancerous sample • 21. Jake running back to trainer and receiving reward • 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Rob Harris, Dog trainer: • Dogs have a highly-developed sense of smell. Their nose is in use every day. We just use that part of their nose to help us identify the odour of cancer. • Question: How do you train them? • It's by positive reinforcement, which means we give the dog praise and food and reward for finding the odour that we're looking for. • Durham - 25 June 2009 • 23. Wide of Durham Cathedral • 24. Wide of market square • 25. Set-up of Claire Guest, Chief Executive of the Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs Centre • SOUNDBITE (English) Claire Guest, Chief Executive, Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs Centre : • Now that we know that dogs are able to detect human disease by its odour, and that different diseases have different odours, the potential is just incredible to help individuals with life-threatening conditions but also to have new ways of looking at diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer. • 26. Mid of Jackson and his son finishing coffee • 27. Jackson and his son leaving caf� with Tinker • STORYLINE • British researchers are training dogs to save the lives of people suffering from diabetes. • Sufferers can die if their sugar levels fall too low and they go into a hypoglycemic attack. • Researchers believe that sufferers give off a special odour when their blood sugar levels fall dangerously low. • It's not something that humans can detect - but the researchers believe that dogs, with their super-sensitive sense of smell, are able to identify it. • The work is being carried out by the Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs Centre in Aylesbury, just outside London. • The centre is already involved with training dogs to sniff out certain types of cancer. • Keyword animals wacky • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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