To find biomarkers that distinguish Alzhiemer's disease
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Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter have developed a new technology that appears to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease, and possibly other tough-to-diagnose diseases, before telltale symptoms appear. The technology, described in a paper in the respected scientific journal Cell last week, is in a very early stage.
The technology behind the Alzheimer's discovery is essentially an immune system reader. It is designed to pick out antibodies, the immune system's targeting system, without knowing in advance what it's searching for, Kodadek said.
Dr. James M. Anderson, director of the National Institutes of Health Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, which funded Kodadek's research, credited his group with bold and groundbreaking thinking.
"The results in the paper suggest great potential for using this approach to rapidly develop diagnostic biomarkers for a variety of significant human diseases," Anderson said.
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