THE first blood tests for Alzheimer’s will be available on the NHS within five years, scientists hope. Two top charities are pumping in £5million to fast-track research for simpler tests for the di…
THE first blood tests for Alzheimer’s will be available on the NHS within five years, scientists hope.Current memory tasks, brain scans and spinal fluid samples are slow and complicated and four in 10 patients are never diagnosed.Research UK, said: “We expect there to be a surge in people coming forward for diagnosis but we don’t have the infrastructure to cope.”
Charity polling found just six per cent of Brits would worry about a blood test, compared to 46 per cent who are fearful of having a lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap.psychiatrist, said: “I think perhaps within five years we will start to use these blood biomarker tests in our routine practice.
“It will need to be as part of a full assessment including their symptoms and cognitive test performance.”
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