New Test For Early Detection of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease could be identified years before it begins to show symptoms.
Researchers have identified key markers that may indicate whether a patient is at risk of developing the neurodegenerative disease.

New Test For Early Detection of Parkinson's disease

Currently its patients are diagnosed through an evaluation of symptoms, by which time the disease is already well advanced.
Scientists, however, will reveal new research at the World Parkinson's Congress in Glasgow this week that has identified a series of proteins in the blood and spinal fluid to provide an early warning of the disease, At the moment when we look at around 100 people with Parkinson's, around 75 to 77 of them will have higher levels of alpha-synuclein.
Another protein called LRRK2 has also been linked with an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease and is currently one of a number of other markers being investigated as part of a major study in the US funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.