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Title Woman who can smell Parkinson's helps researchers create swab test Media name/outlet BBC News Media type Television Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 7/09/22 Description A Scottish woman who found she could detect Parkinson's through smell has inspired scientists to develop a swab test that could be used to diagnose it.
Researchers in Manchester have created a new method which they say can detect the disease in three minutes.URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-62819097 Persons Perdita Barran Title ‘The woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease' helps scientists develop breakthrough test Media name/outlet ITV News Media type Television Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 7/09/22 Description Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson’s disease. URL https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-07/how-the-woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-could-be-answer-to-breakthrough-test Persons Perdita Barran Title New Parkinson’s test developed from woman who can ‘smell’ the disease Media name/outlet Evening Standard Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 7/09/22 Description A woman who discovered she can "smell Parkinson’s" has helped scientists come up with a test which spots the disease. The 72-year-old from Perth, Scotland, has a rare condition which gives her a heightened sense of smell.
The test was already being developed, but academics later realised Joy Milne could smell the illness, which would provide a breakthrough in Parkinson’s research.URL https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/parkinsons-test-developed-woman-smell-disease-b1023747.html Persons Perdita Barran Title Woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease helps scientists develop new test Media name/outlet Metro Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 7/09/22 Description Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson’s disease.
The test has been years in the making after academics realised that Joy Milne could smell the condition.URL https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/07/woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-disease-helps-develop-new-test-17314559/ Persons Perdita Barran Title ‘Woman who can smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists develop test Media name/outlet The Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 7/09/22 Description Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson’s disease.
The test has been years in the making after academics realised that Joy Milne could smell the condition. The 72-year-old from Perth, Scotland, has a rare condition that gives her a heightened sense of smell.URL https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/07/woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-helps-scientists-develop-test Persons Perdita Barran Title Woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease helps scientists develop test Media name/outlet The Independent Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 7/09/22 Description A woman who can “smell Parkinson’s” has helped scientists develop a test to detect the disease.
The test has been years in the making after academics realised Joy Milne, from Perth, Scotland, who has a heightened sense of smell, could detect the condition.
The 72-year-old noticed her late husband Les developed a different odour when he was 33 – some 12 years before he was diagnosed with the disease, which leads to parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years.URL https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/woman-smell-parkinsons-disease-test-b2161517.html Persons Perdita Barran
Keywords
- mass spectrometry
- Parkinson's