U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Skip to contentSkip to site indexShe first noticed the scent on her husband. Now her abilities are helping unlock new research in early disease detection.Joy Milne, a supersmeller who is also a co-author of several papers about Parkinson’s disease.Credit...Sebastian Nevols for The New York TimesSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENT838By Scott SayareScott Sayare is a writer in New York. He interviewed doctors, researchers, caregivers and patients over several months for this article.June 14, 2024As a boy, Les Milne carried an air of triumph about him, and an air of sorrow. Les was a particularly promising and energetic young man, an all-Scottish swim champion, head boy at his academy in Dundee, a top student bound for medical school. But when he was young, his father died; his mot...
