‘Exciting’ results on blood test that could detect Alzheimer’s 20 years before memory falters

Breakthroughs in blood tests have boosted hopes that there soon may be a simple way for doctors to detect Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms appear. Scientists from the US and Europe say data indicates that levels of a specific form of tau protein – one of the hallmark proteins of Alzheimer’s – can be detected in blood. One blood test developed by the research team at Lund University in Sweden may be able to detect changes in the brain around 20 years before dementia symptoms occur. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now Lund University’s Dr Oskar Hansson said: “This test, once verified and confirmed, opens the possibility...