A Simple Blood Test Could Predict the Onset of Alzheimer's

[madokie]

Scientists have developed a new blood test that can predict who will develop Alzheimer's disease a year after having mild memory problems—and it could be in clinical use within two years.

Researchers from King's College London have developed a test which identifies 10 proteins in blood that can predict who will develop Alzheimer's. It's around 90 percent accurate, and is set to enter large-scale clinical trials soon. The research is published in Alzheimer's & Dementia.

There have been other blood tests for Alzheimer's in the past, but despite their promise, they were difficult to translate into medical practice because they identified lipids. This new test, however, relies on the presence of proteins in the blood—making for much easier, lower cost testing.

The team of scientists analyzed 26 proteins known to be associated with cognitive decline in blood from 1,148 people, including 476 people with Alzheimer's. They found that 10 of these proteins could predict if individuals with "mild cognitive impairment" would go on to develop Alzheimer's within a year with an accuracy of 90 percent.

http://gizmodo.com/a-simple-blood-test-could-predict-the-onset-of-alzheime-1601612665

[raccoon]

1. That's good, I guess. Also kind of scary. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. nt

[malaise]

2. Saw this in BBC last night

Excellent news

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Yep

But you keep going back to you doctor repeatedly asking for it after they do the blood draw because... duh...dementia.

It might not not be such a bad place to live on the border btw dementia and delirium.

I think I could probably pull that off and maybe even with some pizzazz.

Love, Peace and Shelter.
littlemissmartypants

[Babel_17]

4. /. has a geeky reaction

http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/07/08/2144237/another-dementia-test-oversold

P.S.

DiSilvestro et.al., at Ohio State University found that the Longvida curcumin formulation reduced plasma levels of beta-amyloid as well as cholesterol and markers of inflammation in plasma of 40-60 year old subjects.

We are now conducting a clinical trial to determine Longvida's effects in subjects at risk for Alzheimer's.

I know, so many promising treatments have usually only delivered, at best, mild relief of symptoms, but I'm hopeful of this. http://alzheimer.neurology.ucla.edu/Curcumin.html

I am in no way affiliated with any supplement company, or anything like one, fwiw. I don't profit from posting this.

http://www.jbc.org/content/288/6/4056.full.pdf

Cause for cautious hope.

I still take Meriva brand Curcumin for my joints and inflammation but since I read about Longvida I started taking that as well.