‘Woman who can smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists develop test

Scientists drew on 72-year-old Scot's rare condition to help identify people with neurological condition

Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman's hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson's disease.

The test has been years in the making after academics realised that Joy Milne could smell the condition. The 72-year-old from Perth, Scotland, has a rare condition that gives her a heightened sense of smell.