Australian scientists are much closer to developing a screening test for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia. A quarter of a million Australians currently suffer from dementia and given our ageing population, this is predicted to increase to one million by 2050. Researchers identified blood-based biological markers that are associated with the build up of amyloid beta, a toxic protein in the brain, which occurs years before symptoms appear and irreversible brain damage has occurred...
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