Study uses blood tests to detect early-stage Alzheimer's in Japanese

A research team at the University of Tokyo said Thursday it has detected accumulations of proteins believed to cause Alzheimer's in blood samples taken from Japanese people with mild or no symptoms, potentially allowing easier and earlier detection of the disease.The findings, based on the first large-scale study targeting Japanese people, may lead to more efficient diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's, believed to be caused when amyloid beta and tau proteins accumulate inside the brain and destroy nerve cells.The achievement, published in Alzheimer's Research and Therapy journal, comes whe…READ FULL ARTICLE