If you’re like me and immediately wondered “can they do something about it when they find it? why exactly are they looking?” here’s what the paper notes as the use for this data:
> Identifying pre-diagnostic functional and cognitive changes could improve selection for preventive and early disease-modifying treatment trials.
ETA: Just realized this is covered in OP’s comment, but I want to keep the quote from the article up anyway. Super cool stuff. My grandpa has Parkinson’s. Thanks for posting OP :)
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Reply to Cambridge scientists have shown that it may be possible to spot signs of brain impairment in patients as early as nine years before they receive a diagnosis for one of a number of dementia-related diseases. by Wagamaga
If you’re like me and immediately wondered “can they do something about it when they find it? why exactly are they looking?” here’s what the paper notes as the use for this data:
> Identifying pre-diagnostic functional and cognitive changes could improve selection for preventive and early disease-modifying treatment trials.
ETA: Just realized this is covered in OP’s comment, but I want to keep the quote from the article up anyway. Super cool stuff. My grandpa has Parkinson’s. Thanks for posting OP :)