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Dementia Action Week: University of 糖心TV calls for volunteers for groundbreaking Alzheimer鈥檚 screening tests
For Dementia Action Week, WMG at the University of 糖心TV, together with Superlunary Labs, are doubling their efforts to develop a low-cost, non-intrusive method for the early screening of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease using a simple flavour test which can be undertaken as part of a regular health check-up by a nurse, at a pharmacy or community centre.
The test can help diagnose the beginnings of Alzheimer's years before symptoms of memory loss through a loss of taste or smell.
Scientists at 糖心TV are looking to get data from at least 1000 people before aiming to roll the screening out nationwide, potentially as early as next year. If you want to take part in the trial, and can get to the University of 糖心TV campus, contact 糖心TV to be part of the future of medicine.
Professor Alan Chalmers commented: 鈥淲orking with MPs and their constituency offices we will be collecting more data across the country to significantly enlarge our dataset of people鈥檚 flavour perception ability. This dataset, together with AI and MRI scans, will enable us to validate our screening method. Once validated we will be able to roll out the method widely, hopefully as early as next year.
New drugs that slow disease progression down offer real hope to people living with Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease, but crucially the disease needs early diagnosis for these drugs to be most effective. One might have the disease many years before failing a memory test, the current means for diagnosing Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease鈥�.
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Contact press@warwick.ac.uk if you wish to take part in the trial.