US scientists were able to use levels of a protein in the blood to help predict its build-up in the brain. UK experts said the results were promising – and a step towards a reliable blood test for Alzheimer’s to speed up dementia research. But larger studies were needed first.
Senior study author Randall J Bateman, professor of neurology, said the new test could now help screen many more people than expensive brain scans. "That means we can more efficiently enrol participants in clinical trials, which will help us find treatments faster, and could have an enormous impact on the cost of the disease as well as the human suffering that goes with it," he said.
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This will help speed up dementia research and the search for a drug treatment, experts say.