{"id":147454,"date":"2022-10-03T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/new-discovery-means-parkinsons-could-be-diagnosed-with-a-swab-in-just-3-minutes"},"modified":"2022-10-03T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T16:24:02","slug":"new-discovery-means-parkinsons-could-be-diagnosed-with-a-swab-in-just-3-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/new-discovery-means-parkinsons-could-be-diagnosed-with-a-swab-in-just-3-minutes","title":{"rendered":"New Discovery Means Parkinson\u2019s Could Be Diagnosed With a Swab in Just 3 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-discovery-means-parkinsons-could-be-diagnosed-with-a-swab-in-just-3-minutes2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to developing treatments and eventual cures for diseases, being able to diagnose a condition early and accurately makes a huge difference \u2013 and scientists have now developed a quick, reliable method of identifying people with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/go\/IYl\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">Parkinson\u2019s<\/a> disease.<\/p>\n<p>The test can be run in as little as 3 minutes after a skin swab has been taken. The swab is analyzed for changes in the chemical mix of sebum, a natural waxy oil produced by the skin that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-021-21669-4\">previously been linked<\/a> to Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, there\u2019s no conclusive test for Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2013 specialists look at symptoms, medical history, the results of a lengthy physical examination, and in some cases, a brain scan to diagnose the condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to developing treatments and eventual cures for diseases, being able to diagnose a condition early and accurately makes a huge difference \u2013 and scientists have now developed a quick, reliable method of identifying people with Parkinson\u2019s disease. The test can be run in as little as 3 minutes after a skin swab [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}