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I'm surprised that better science never resulted from that lady who could smell it.

• tsherb 5mo ago
  Joy Milne, for the uninitiated: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/820274501/her-incredible-sense-of-smell-is-helping-scientists-find-new-ways-to-diagnose-di https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/8202745...
  • hackitup7 5mo ago
    This is one of the craziest articles I've ever read. I feel like this should be a major ongoing news story...
    • anon84873628 5mo ago
      Because of Joy, scientists developed a simple, non-invasive, three-minute skin swab test that analyzes sebum to diagnose Parkinson's. In laboratory settings, this test has shown an accuracy rate of over 90%. Unfortunately that insight hasn't led closer to a cure. It also turns out sort of bad to tell people they have a horrible neurodegenerative disease 10 years before the major symptoms start. Why isn't everyone's mind blown? Well for the cynical explanation, look at the state of science education and what people said about Artemis, vaccines, etc. or optimistically, there are too many mind blowing discoveries to treat them all fairly.
  • anon84873628 5mo ago
    Which is about Parkinson's, not Alzheimer's, and did lead to some new science.