These proteins could predict dementia risk decades before symptoms, new study suggests
Scientists report they found that 32 proteins may be key to the early onset of dementia, suggesting that they could be used to predict the disease earlier in life.
Can we predict the risk of dementia decades before onset? In a study published in Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, neuroscientists reported a startling clue.
The neuroscience researchers, who are from the National Institute on Aging and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, decided to peer into more than 4,000 proteins found in plasma, which is blood with the blood cells removed. They examined the link between the proteins and dementia risk in nearly 11,000 adults, aged between 45 to 65. After 25 years, they found that 32 proteins may be key to the early onset of dementia, suggesting that they could be used to predict the disease earlier in life.
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