Blood test could predict Parkinson’s seven years before symptoms

A team of UCL researchers including Professor Kevin Mills (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) and colleagues from University Medical Center Goettingen, have developed a blood test that uses AI to predict Parkinson’s up to seven years before the onset of symptoms.

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