Despite decades of starts and stops, new treatments and key genetic discoveries are giving researchers great hope for slowing or eventually preventing Alzheimer’s disease.
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A blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease in people who have symptoms and even those who don’t has been shown to work. Scientists still need to improve its accuracy rate to almost 100%, however.
Alzheimer’s is one of the most dreaded and difficult diseases, and it has been notoriously difficult to diagnose. Could that change in the coming years with the advent of new blood tests?
