Coming soon: A blood test for Alzheimer's disease?

(American Chemical Society) People with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), such as cognitive difficulties, behavior changes and mood swings, may wait months or even years to get a definitive diagnosis. That's because doctors lack a simple, accurate and inexpensive test for it. But according to an article in Chemical& Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, researchers are getting much closer to developing the elusive blood test for AD.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news