Alzheimer's test breakthrough
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Australian researchers say American researchers making good progress towards developing a predictive blood test for Alzheimer's disease. And new American research being published today may help. Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have developed technology that can detect molecules specific to Alzheimer's disease in a patient's blood. They have developed a way of creating thousands of microscopic shapes which are called peptoids and being able to cement them to, on a very small scale, to a microscope slide. And using these thousands of shapes they can then take plasma from people with any disease let's say and get the antibodies in the plasma to stick to those shapes and determine whether there's more of a particular antibody in a disease compared to healthy people. Professor Bush is the co-director of the AIBL study, the Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle Flagship Study. It's monitoring 1100 Australians as they age by taking blood samples and measuring brain performance. Professor Bush believes it's the biggest study being undertaken by any country. And he's hoping it will lead to the development of a predictive blood test for Alzheimer's in the next five to 10 years. He says the new American technology could be useful. Read more: abc.net.au
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