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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Nick Forbes

Groundbreaking blood test could detect ‘debilitating’ disease 10 years before symptoms emerge

An innovative, ultrasensitive blood test could identify Sjogren’s disease more than a decade before symptoms manifest, scientists have revealed.

This breakthrough offers a new pathway for early intervention in the debilitating autoimmune condition, which sees the immune system erroneously attack the body’s moisture-producing glands.

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