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Researchers are edging closer towards a blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease even before symptoms appear. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty
Scientists edge closer to blood test which can detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms

Researchers are edging closer towards a blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease even before symptoms appear. Scientists from the US and Europe(...)

Structure of the amyloid beta peptide bound to the cell membrane. Scientists at Washington University reported that they had devised the most sensitive blood test yet. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Blood test for Alzheimer’s is coming, scientists report

For decades, researchers have sought a blood test for beta amyloid, the protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. Several groups and companie(...)