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检测老年痴呆症或许很快成为可能：检测老年痴呆症的方法是由英国的研究人员开发出一种新的测试方法，它能够在疾病的早期被诊断。这项技术实际有可能在几十年前就被发现，这便会导致对该病更好的治疗。该测试将寻找那些与阿尔茨海默氏症（老年痴呆症）有关的蛋白质，研究人员说，该技术可以区分健康人与老年痴呆症患者。如果该测试方法成功，它可以确定感染这种疾病有哪些风险因素，从而可以为那些有危险因素的人群寻找到治疗的目标。（刘忠平译）

TEST MAY DETECT ALZHEIMER’S SOONER: A new test for Alzheimer’s being developed by British researchers could lead to a diagnosis in the disease’s earliest stages, meaning it could be caught decades earlier, which could result in better treatment all around. The test would look for proteins that linked to Alzheimer’s, and researchers said it could be technically possible to distinguish between a healthy person and a person with Alzheimer’s. If the test is successful, it could determine what risk someone has of getting the disease—and could target the disease for those who are at risk.