New Blood Test Helps Predict Alzheimer’s
Possibly one of the most devastating disease to strike elderly people is Alzheimer’s. This is a progressive disease that can rapidly develop over time.
Recently a new blood test has been developed that can determine Alzheimer’s disease with 96 percent accuracy. The test is likely to detect the disease before the development of symptoms like memory loss. Alzheimer’s has been experienced by about 5.4 million people in the U.S.
Currently, examining the brain tissue of a dead Alzheimer’s patient is the sole definitive way to diagnose the disease. Physicians utilize behavioural evaluation, psychiatric tests, and brain imaging to diagnose a living patient.
A team of researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine led by professor of medicine Robert Nagele developed the test. The test was able to identify patients with Alzheimer’s accurately 96 percent of the time by examining their blood samples. The test was also able to tell 92.5 percent of the time those who did not have the disease.
Nagele listed 10 antibody biomarkers that are important to determine Alzheimer’s disease. The test is estimated to cost around $200, the price of a full tank of diesel Glasgow, a more affordable price than the present pricing standards for any tests.
Furthermore, genetic testing is currently at the forefront of the more innovative ways to fight the disease. The cause of Alzheimer’s may not be known by scientists but the more it is studied, the more it will be realized that genes have a significant role in the development of the disease.
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