A 15-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK has developed a potential test for Alzheimer's which could allow the disease to be diagnosed 10 years before the first symptoms appear and even stop its progression. Krtin Nithiyanandam, of Epsom, Surrey, has developed a trojan horse antibody which can penetrate the brain and attach to neurotoxic proteins which are present in the first stages of the disease.
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