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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