By Julie Fidler
Someday soon, a simple blood test may be able to predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
A new blood test has been developed that allows scientists to estimate how quickly someone is aging; they hope that it will eventually serve as a predictor of dementia. The test may also be able to determine the “youthfulness” of donated organs for transplant operations. [1]
The purpose of the test is to determine the “vitality” of certain genes that are indicative of a person’s biological age, versus their chronological age. Researchers say the test can distinguish between healthy patients and those with …read more
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