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Dr. Smith

03-09-2014 07:46 PM

New Blood Test to Predict Alzheimer's, Dementia

Just passing this along...

New Blood Test Can Predict Alzheimer’s, Mild Dementia

Quote:

March 9, 2014 – A blood test that can predict with 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease within three years has been discovered and validated by researchers at Georgetown and six other institutions.

Doc

Roads

04-04-2014 07:04 PM

The article I read suggested it would be at least two years before the test would be generally available. Have you heard any differently? I wish I could be in the beta-test group.

Lara	04-04-2014 10:49 PM

My guess is that it'll be a heck of a lot longer than 2 years.

Here's an interesting Audio programme with the lead author of the study, Howard Federoff.

http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment...zheimer-s.html

Mar. 14, 2014
Could a Blood Test Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s?
ScienceFriday

Click "Listen"

Roads

04-05-2014 07:31 PM

Thanks so much, Lara!!

Talk about incomplete reporting ... this commentary surely changes the impression I got from the initial news report.

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