Advances allow new test for Alzheimer's to achieve 93% accuracy

07/29/2013 - 00:00

By James Gallagher -
Researchers believe they are closer to developing a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer's.

There is no definitive test for the brain-wasting disease. Doctors rely on cognition tests and brain scans.

A technique published in the journal Genome Biology showed differences in the tiny fragments of genetic material floating in the blood could be used to identify patients.

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