Skin Test For Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers are working on a new test to help detect Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages. The skin test is being worked on by folks at the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. The concept behind the new test is this: Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t only affect the brain. The disease has an impact on the entire body. The new skin test for Alzheimer’s looks at two different enzymes that affect proteins in the brain. These proteins are typically found in people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease; the enzymes are out of balance in the body … Continue reading