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Blood test shows promise in diagnosing Alzheimer’s

October 14, 2007/

A team of researchers at Stanford University and several other institutions believe they’ve discovered a simple blood test for detecting the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, long before its victims are robbed of their memory and personality.

The test – which spots Alzheimer’s by detecting unusual activity in proteins associated with the disease – was determined to be 90 percent correct in diagnosing the malady and 91 percent accurate in predicting who will be afflicted by it, according to a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine.

By Steve Johnson
Mercury News

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