Simple Skin Biopsy Shows Promise for Detecting Parkinson’s Disease

Skin test accurately identifies Parkinson’s biomarker, according to new research.
Simple Skin Biopsy Shows Promise for Detecting Parkinson’s Disease
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A simple skin biopsy may hold the key to detecting Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study.

The research has unveiled a minimally invasive test that can identify an abnormal form of the alpha-synuclein protein—the hallmark of Parkinson’s—with remarkable accuracy.

A.C. Dahnke
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A.C. Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.
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