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Blood test to detect Alzheimer's early

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Disease develops years before the first symptoms appear

Scientists have developed a simple blood test that can help identify Alzheimer's disease.

Experts are of the opinion that the method will likely lead to a revolutionary breakthrough in the fight against the disease, since the only way used before her diagnosis at necropsy.

The disease can begin a decade before her first experience symptoms such as confusion and memory loss.

Scientists from the University of Saarland in Germany focused its attention on microRNA - small molecules contained in body fluids and influence the expression of genes.

The team determined that the levels are different microRNA in individual patients affected by Alzheimer's disease.

The results were published in Genome Biology

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