{"id":127829,"date":"2024-03-21T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127829"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:28:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:28:30","slug":"wsj-parkinsons-disease-can-now-be-detected-through-the-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127829","title":{"rendered":"(WSJ) Parkinson\u2019s Disease Can Now Be Detected Through the Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debi Lucas had a tremor in her arm. Her feet froze when she tried to walk and she fell into her coffee table, busting her lip. <\/p>\n

She went to a neurologist who thought she had Parkinson\u2019s disease. Doctors normally diagnose the neurodegenerative condition by symptoms. Lucas, 59, had them. <\/p>\n

But the neurologist, Dr. Jason Crowell, couldn\u2019t be sure. The symptoms might be related to a traumatic brain injury Lucas suffered in a car accident decades earlier, he thought. Or they might be from her medications. <\/p>\n

To find an answer, Crowell turned to a new test: a skin biopsy that can detect an abnormal protein people with Parkinson\u2019s have inside their nerves. He took samples of skin near her ankle, knee and shoulder and sent them to a lab. <\/p>\n

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Parkinson\u2019s disease can now be diagnosed with a skin biopsy that can detect an abnormal protein people with Parkinson\u2019s have inside their nerves. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe skin test basically is a window into the brain." https:\/\/t.co\/rxT0u9XL6A<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/rxT0u9XL6A<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n