VARIOUS NATIONAL MEDIA: Scientists move closer to developing ‘game-changing’ test to diagnose Parkinson’s

Press/Media: Research

Period7 Sept 2022

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleWoman who can smell Parkinson's helps researchers create swab test
    Media name/outletBBC News
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/09/22
    DescriptionA 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.
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-62819097
    PersonsPerdita Barran
  • Title‘The woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease' helps scientists develop breakthrough test
    Media name/outletITV News
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/09/22
    DescriptionScientists 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.
    URLhttps://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-07/how-the-woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-could-be-answer-to-breakthrough-test
    PersonsPerdita Barran
  • TitleNew Parkinson’s test developed from woman who can ‘smell’ the disease
    Media name/outletEvening Standard
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/09/22
    DescriptionA 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.
    URLhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/parkinsons-test-developed-woman-smell-disease-b1023747.html
    PersonsPerdita Barran
  • TitleWoman who can smell Parkinson’s disease helps scientists develop new test
    Media name/outletMetro
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/09/22
    DescriptionScientists 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.
    URLhttps://metro.co.uk/2022/09/07/woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-disease-helps-develop-new-test-17314559/
    PersonsPerdita Barran
  • Title‘Woman who can smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists develop test
    Media name/outletThe Guardian
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/09/22
    DescriptionScientists 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.
    URLhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/07/woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-helps-scientists-develop-test
    PersonsPerdita Barran
  • TitleWoman who can smell Parkinson’s disease helps scientists develop test
    Media name/outletThe Independent
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/09/22
    DescriptionA 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.
    URLhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/woman-smell-parkinsons-disease-test-b2161517.html
    PersonsPerdita Barran

Keywords

  • mass spectrometry
  • Parkinson's