Fox News' Dr. Marc Siegel has the latest on the treatment of the brain disease on 'America Reports.' A new blood test could reveal Parkinson’s diagnoses up to seven years before symptoms emerge.
Researchers from University College London and University Medical Center Goettingen in Germany used artificial intelligence to develop the test. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, included 72 patients with rapid eye movement behavior disorder (iRBD), a condition that has been linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s. WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? When the researchers used machine learning to analyze blood samples from the patients, they discovered that 79% of them had the same biomarkers as people with Parkinson’s.
A new blood test could reveal Parkinson’s diagnoses up to seven years before symptoms emerge, according to recent research. (iStock) Over a 10-year follow-up period, the researchers confirmed that 16 of the patients went on to develop Parkinson’s, a movement disorder that affects nearly one million people in the U.S.
"By determining eight proteins in the blood, we can identify potential Parkinson's patients several years in advance," said co-first-author Dr. Michael Bartl from the University Medical Center Goettingen in a press release. MILITARY VETERAN EMBRACES ‘NEW SERVICE’ OF HELPING OTHERS AFTER HIS PARKINSON'S DIAGNOSIS: ‘THERE IS HOPE' "This means that drug therapies could potentially be given at an earlier stage, whi.
