Breakthrough in Predicting Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists involved in the research project hope the signs, detectable in spinal fluid and brain scans, will aid the understanding of how the disease ...
Scientists involved in the research project hope the signs, detectable in spinal fluid and brain scans, will aid the understanding of how the disease ...
Scientists involved in the research project hope the signs, detectable in spinal fluid and brain scans, will aid the understanding of how the disease progresses in order to produce new treatments for the more common form of the disease, which is not inherited.
The ‘timeline’ of the disease was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and developed by a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.
The research indicated the following:
Dr Randall Bateman, Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine said, “A series of changes begins in the brain decades before the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are noticed by patients or families, and this cascade of events may provide a timeline for symptomatic onset. As we learn more about the origins of Alzheimer's to plan preventive treatments, this Alzheimer's timeline will be invaluable for successful drug trials."
Dr Laurie Ryan, Clinical Trials Program Director at the National Institute on Aging, in America, said, “These exciting findings are the first to confirm what we have long suspected, that disease onset begins years before the first sign of cognitive decline or memory loss. And while participants are at risk for the rare, genetic form of the disease, insights gained from the study will greatly inform our understanding of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.”
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