{"id":117491,"date":"2022-12-23T16:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T21:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117491"},"modified":"2022-12-23T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T22:32:17","slug":"new-blood-test-accurately-predicts-alzheimers-years-ahead-of-first-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117491","title":{"rendered":"(SA) New Blood Test Accurately Predicts Alzheimer&#8217;s Years Ahead of First Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new type of blood test can detect a hidden toxin behind Alzheimer&#8217;s disease years before a patient shows any symptoms of memory loss or confusion.<\/p>\n<p>If the proof-of-concept can be further tested and scaled, the test could significantly speed up diagnosis, giving millions of patients answers and access to proper care long before their disease progresses.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) created the novel blood test. It&#8217;s designed to pick up on a molecular precursor in the blood that can cause proteins to irregularly fold and clump in the brain, ultimately forming amyloid beta (A\u03b2) plaques.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/new-blood-test-accurately-predicts-alzheimers-years-ahead-of-first-symptoms\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Blood Test Accurately Predicts Alzheimer&#39;s Years Ahead of First Symptoms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S2sq3eQpFm\">https:\/\/t.co\/S2sq3eQpFm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScienceAlert\/status\/1605727953823875074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new type of blood test can detect a hidden toxin behind Alzheimer&#8217;s disease years before a patient shows any symptoms of memory loss or confusion. If the proof-of-concept can be further tested and scaled, the test could significantly speed<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117491\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117495,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117491\/revisions\/117495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}