Blood-based markers may reveal Alzheimer's disease ten years before symptoms show

Blood markers ‘may reveal rare form of Alzheimer's 10 years before symptoms'

Scientists hope their work could lead to earlier detection.

Blood markers ‘may reveal rare form of Alzheimer’s 10 years before symptoms’

The scientists said their findings, published in the journal Brain, could lead to earlier detection of the disease and help slow it down with drugs

Blood markers could help identify rare, inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease

Findings could lead to earlier detection of the disease

Biomarkers discovered for rare form of ‘inherited’ Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists have discovered blood markers that could help identify people with a rare, inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease a decade before symptoms begin to appear.

Blood markers ‘may reveal rare form of Alzheimer’s 10 years before symptoms’

Researchers found that a protein called GFAP can appear in blood samples of people who are in the very early stages of the neurodegenerative disease

Blood-based markers may reveal Alzheimer disease ten years before symptoms show

Alzheimer disease begins decades before any symptoms, such as memory loss, start to show. Consequently, early diagnosis increases the chances of slowing the disease down with drugs. A new study on an inherited form of the disease shows that a protein called GFAP is a possible biomarker for very early stages of the disease. The study could one day lead to an earlier detection of this serious and common disease.