Scientists find early Alzheimer's marker
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada and Chiba University in Japan may have found an early test for Alzheimer's disease. The group's leader, Dr Wilfred Jefferies, says the marker, an iron binding protein called p97 or melanotransferrin, is easy to obtain from patients, is consistently linked to Alzheimer's disease and is not raised in other neurodegenerative syndromes.