Researchers predict Alzheimer’s progression 3.5 years early with unique blood test

Researchers at King’s College London have found that a blood test can help predict a person’s risks of Alzheimer’s disease years before a clinical diagnosis, by evaluating the body’s ability to form new brain cells.

In a study published in the journal Brain, researchers at the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience said certain components in the bloodstream can help promote or slow down the processes of neurogenesis—where brain cells are fashioned within the hippocampus, the region associated with memory, and which are affected by the early phases of Alzheimer’s.

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