- Every 3 seconds, someone in the world develops dementia.
- Because dementia disease progression may be slowed in its earliest stages, researchers are constantly working on better dementia prediction tools.
- Scientists from The University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and Fudan University in China have identified 11 proteins that can be used as biomarkers to predict dementia 15 years before diagnosis.
Researchers estimate that every 3 seconds, someone in the world develops dementia — a condition affecting the brain that causes cognitive issues.
There is currently no cure for dementia. However, there are ways doctors can help slow the disease’s progression when caught in its earliest stages.
For this reason, scientists have been working on new ways to predict whether a person will develop dementia or not.
For example, a study published in August 2023 presented an 11-point risk score to predict dementia 14 years before diagnosis. And research published in October 2022 reported it is possible to see signs of dementia as early as
Adding to this previous research is a new study from scientists at The University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and Fudan University in China that has identified 11 proteins that can be used as
The study paper appears in the journal
For this study, scientists focused on proteins as biomarkers to help forecast if a person might develop dementia.
According to Prof. Jianfeng Feng, a professor at The University of Warwick in the U.K. and Fudan University in China, and the lead author of this study, the focus on proteins stemmed from their previous research.
“Last year we worked out a
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