‘E-nose’ could someday diagnose Parkinson’s disease by ‘smelling’ skin

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‘E-nose’ could someday diagnose Parkinson’s disease by ‘smelling’ skin

A couple of years ago, a woman named Joy Milne made headlines when scientists discovered that she could “smell” Parkinson’s disease (PD) on people with the neurodegenerative disorder. Since then, researchers have been trying to build devices that could diagnose PD through odor compounds on the skin. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Omega have developed a portable, artificially intelligent olfactory system, or “e-nose,” that could someday diagnose the disease in a doctor’s office.

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