Imagine diagnosing one of the most challenging neurological diseases with just a quick finger-prick, a few drops of blood and a test sent in the post. This may sound like science fiction, but we are ...

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Scientists in Sweden and Norway have uncovered a promising way to spot Parkinson’s disease years—possibly decades—before its most damaging symptoms appear. By detecting subtle biological signals in ...

A new finger prick test claims to detect Alzheimer’s with 91% accuracy using p-tau217 biomarkers. Learn how this accessible ...

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All UK children could be offered screening for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test, say researchers who have been running a large study. Currently, many young people go undiagnosed ...

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The blood test could be performed in GP surgeries and would be quick and cheap, replacing the current invasive expensive methods of diagnosing the disease Cheap blood tests that could spot Alzheimer’s ...

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A new trial has launched to see whether a finger prick blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms even appear. Experts hope to develop a cheap and simple blood test ...

It is part of the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) Bio-Hermes-002 study backed by not-for-profit medical research organisation LifeArc. They have already enrolled 883 of the 1000 needed ...