A resident of Scotland has helped scientists develop a test to help detect Parkinson’s disease in the early stages. The accuracy of the test in laboratory conditions approaches 95%.
A Scottish man who noticed that his wife was starting to smell strange helped British scientists develop a test to detect Parkinson’s disease in the early stages. This was reported by the Air Force.
Skin smear results are ready in three minutes. Experts hope that clinical trials of a new method for diagnosing a disease that affects more than ten million people will take no more than two years, after which they can be used widely.
It is noted that the new analysis is based on the observations of a 72-year-old woman with a keen sense of smell. In particular, he felt that Les’s wife’s smell had changed – and 12 years later she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
“He had a kind of musty unpleasant smell – especially around the back of his head and shoulders. And his skin definitely changed,” he recalled.
After that, the couple went to a meeting with other patients, organized by the charity Parkinson’s UK, where the woman felt that the same smell was coming from other patients. So, he was able to determine who had Parkinson’s disease.
Subsequently, a team from the University of Manchester, including Joy, developed a test to detect this disease.
Scientists previously reported that drinking sugary sodas like cola and pepsi caused enough brain damage in mice to cause memory problems.
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