New blood tests for Alzheimer’s won’t give you an instant diagnosis. Here’s what they’ll tell you instead.
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These tests could aid with early detection of the disease or identify at-risk people.
Over 20% of people with the Duffy null variant are wrongly labelled ‘abnormal’, by current blood test ranges, leading to needless biopsies and lower chemo doses.
The NHS will trial a new blood test for dementia, which could be widely available in five years.
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