Alzheimer’s: blood signature for the disease

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Texas scientists are on the verge of developing a blood test to identify patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a potential major breakthrough in the still difficult to diagnose ailment. The test, which measures a mix of more than 100 blood proteins, accurately classified those participants who had the disease and those who didn’t 95 percent of the time. Blood samples were taken from about 600 people, split between those with and without the disease.  The study was the product of the Texas Alzheimer’s Research Consortium, a Legislature-created collaboration comprising Baylor, Texas Tech, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. In addition, a University of North Carolina researcher and consultant to the Texas consortium presented data that showed that changes in genes reflected the distinguishing biomarkers. The mix of proteins and complementary genetic data contrast with previous failed blood tests, which usually relied only on one protein. More: mysanantonio.com

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