Breakthrough blood test to diagnose Parkinson's could be ready in just five years

The new blood-based diagnostic test would be a major advancement for Parkinson’s disease, which affects about 150,000 people in the UK and 10 million worldwide

at least a decade earlier than now could be ready to use within five years after preliminary trials showed considerable promise, its developers have said.

The hope is that the new blood test could diagnose the condition much earlier, before the nervous system is seriously damaged and symptoms begin to show.

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