Alzheimer's Diagnosis: Blood Test
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•Sally Magnusson: Will I be diagnosed with Alzheimer's like my mother?
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Sally Baird's mother died of Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in 2012 .
She was one of the pioneering female journalists of the 1950s .
Her daughter, still traumatised by seeing what happened to her grandma, burst into tears.
Dementia is not a natural part of ageing, although the risk increases with age.
Scientists have shown that the build-up of amyloid in the brains of people with Alzheimer's can be successfully cleared.
They’re convinced that if drugs already in development (and at least one , lecanemab, is now licensed for use in the UK , are given to people.
We are on the cusp of game-changing developments today , which, if scientists are right, could cure Alzheimer's soon.
Biomarkers in the blood will allow people at risk to be identified and given the opportunity to participate in trials for new treatments.
But if these trials can't be run at scale with non-symptomatic volunteers, scientists won’t be able to develop this vital next stage of treatments.
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