Early dementia diagnosis: blood proteins reveal at-risk people

Published on February 14, 2024

UK and Chinese researchers identified four biomarkers linked to the future development of Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, or dementia in an analysis of 1,500 blood proteins; the findings need to be independently verified, but could inform development of a blood test to predict dementia risk up to 15 years pre-diagnosis.

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