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Marta Iraola Iribarren

New finger-prick blood test could help detect Alzheimer's from a home-collected sample

A new blood test that detects Alzheimer’s by taking a sample from a finger prick could diagnose the disease at early stages long before symptoms become severe, a new Europe-wide study found.

The new method, not available yet for clinical use, could eventually allow people to collect samples at home and post them to the laboratory, increasing accessibility and removing barriers to testing for the most common form of dementia.

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