A woman who can smell Parkinson’s inspired researchers to produce test for diagnosis

A woman with a hyper-sensitive sense of smell helped University of Manchester scientists develop a test to detect Parkinson’s disease,New research suggests that people with Parkinson's disease have lipids with a high molecular weight that are significantly more active.

Nicknamed "the woman who can smell Parkinson’s," Milne told Dr. Tilo Kunath from Edinburgh University about the change in smell after her husband's diagnosis was verified. And this was what sparked a procedure that led to the development of a swab test by researchers at the University of Manchester.

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