Dogs trained to detect Parkinson’s disease using scent have shown remarkable accuracy in new research. In a double-blind trial, they identified skin swabs from people with Parkinson’s with up to 80% ...

The usually harmless Human Pegivirus has been found in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. Researchers say this is the first time it’s been found in brain tissue.

In the first paper, two dogs trained to distinguish sebum swabs from people with and without Parkinson's disease demonstrated ...

New research shows dogs can detect Parkinson’s disease with striking accuracy by sniffing patients’ skin swabs. Learn how this breakthrough could help doctors diagnose earlier.

Trained detection dogs can identify Parkinson’s disease (PD) with remarkable accuracy by sniffing skin swabs, according to a new study.

Experts from the University of Manchester have based the new test on the ability of a 'super smeller' Scottish grandmother ...

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) have an odor that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study ...

A woman who smelled her husband’s Parkinson’s before it was diagnosed has helped develop a new test for detecting the disease up to seven years before symptoms appear. Scientists at the University of ...

A new study identified Parkinson’s disease-associated compounds from earwax, but some scientists remain skeptical.

A team of neuroscientists in Australia has found that restoring copper levels in the brain dramatically reduced Parkinson-like damage in mice. The approach restored a protein’s function, and the same ...