A group from Juntendo University has developed a method to detect abnormal proteins that accumulate in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease and some dementias in the blood. It is said to lead to a simple and less burdensome diagnostic method.
The structure of the detected proteins differs depending on the type of disease, which leads to simpler diagnostic methods and elucidation of the mechanism of the disease. The research was published in the international medical journal Nature Medicine by a group led by Professor Nobutaka Hattori.