A group of Japanese experts announced Nov. 11 that they have developed a blood test measure to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease before patients show symptoms.
The discovery by a team led by Koichi Tanaka, a Nobel laureate in chemistry and a senior fellow of Kyoto-based Shimazu Corp., and the Aichi-based National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, was revealed in a magazine issued by the Japan Academy.
Current tests are expensive or involve taking a sample of spinal fluid. (Kyodo)
国立長寿医療研究センターなどのグループが11月11日、アルツハイマー病を症状が出る前に血液検査で判定できる技術を開発したと発表した。
The Japan Times ST: November 21, 2014