Not the most glamorous of superpowers but still incredible.
Joy Milne noticed the change on her husband, years before his diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
Researchers at the University of Manchester tested her with samples, and she identified people with Parkinson’s almost every time.
She is a co-author on studies that found telling compounds in sebum, the skin oil. A 2019 paper in ACS Central Science described the differing chemicals.
She now works with scientists on a simple skin-swab test.
Originally posted as a note on St. Clair Exchange: Not the most glamorous of superpowers but still incredible.
