If Parkinson's disease can be identified years in advance by the smell of the body, then imagine what a great achievement it will be in medical history. A woman from Scotland claims that those who suffer from Parkinson's in the future, their body emit a strange smell for years.
We all know that our body emits different odors. But have you ever thought that this can help you to detect the diseases that you may suffer in the future? Just like you and me, Analytical Chemist Perdita Baren of the University of Edinburgh also refused to believe it. Her colleague told her about a Scottish woman who claimed to identify Parkinson's disease through body odor.
She dismissed the idea, saying she was trying to link Parkinson's disease with the way older people smell. The woman in question is 74-year-old retired nurse Joy Milne. She approached Barron's colleague and neuroscientist Tilo Kunath, who works at the University of Edinburgh, in 2012.
Milne told Kuneth that she discovered her ability to smell when her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Her husband Les had started emitting a musky odor years ago. After this, Kuneth started attending meetings of people suffering from this disease in Perth, Scotland, to understand Parkinson's disease more closely. During these meetings, she also noticed a smell similar to her husband in the people present there.
Baron said, 'After knowing this, we decided to investigate that retired nurse.' Baron is currently associated with the University of Manchester. After this, we realized that Milne was not wasting our time. We gave her 12 T-shirts to smell. Out of these, 6 belonged to people suffering from Parkinson's disease, while the other 6 belonged to normal people. She correctly identified the people suffering from Parkinson's. Those whom Milne identified developed Parkinson's disease years later.
Our bodies smell different at different times. Scientists are now working on techniques to systematically detect those subtle biomarkers that could speed up the early detection of a range of diseases, from Parkinson's disease and brain injury to cancer. The key to identifying them may be hiding right under our noses.
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