Alzheimer's could be diagnosed with a simple blood test
(proteins and antibodies)
(proteins and antibodies)
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Alzheimer's disease may be detected through a blood test. It all goes back to 1999 when a former student working at Johnson & Johnson sent Bob Nagele, longtime University of Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine doctor and researcher, a brain sample. Nagele applied a stain to the brain matter and saw that the tissue darkened, showing proteins that should not have been there. Since that single slide, Nagele has separated thousands of antibodies that appear in the blood of patients with Alzheimer's.
With just a drop of blood on a slide, computer technology scans to produce a glowing green image of almost 25,000 proteins present in that sample. If the computer screens out nearly all the molecules and does not detect obscure antibodies, the image goes dark and the person is healthy. However, if the image stays green or intensifies, this is an indication of Alzheimer's disease. The test isolates 10 auto antibodies produced by the body in order to combat the disease. It is 95 percent accurate and takes 24 hours to collect the results. Continue to read: ivanhoe.com
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