{"id":207664,"date":"2026-01-29T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/parkinsons-disease-early-detection-possible-with-blood-test\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:00:10","slug":"parkinsons-disease-early-detection-possible-with-blood-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/parkinsons-disease-early-detection-possible-with-blood-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson\u2019s Disease Early Detection Possible With Blood Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parkinson\u2019s Disease Early Detection Possible With Blood Test<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-01-29 04:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, has succeeded in identifying biomarkers for Parkinson\u2019s disease in its earliest stages, before extensive brain damage has occurred. The biological processes leave measurable traces in the blood, but only for a limited period. The discovery thus reveals a window of opportunity that could be crucial for future treatment, but also for early diagnosis via blood tests, which could begin to be tested in healthcare within five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s is an endemic disease with over 10 million people affected globally. As the world\u2019s population grows older, this number is expected to more than double by 2050. At present, there is neither an effective cure nor an established screening method for detecting this chronic neurological disorder at an early stage before it has caused significant damage to the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a new study published in npj Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/span>, a research team from Chalmers University of Technology and Oslo University Hospital, Norway, reports on decisive steps towards an early diagnosis of Parkinson\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time the motor symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s disease appear, 50 \u2013 80 per cent of the relevant brain cells are often already damaged or gone. The study is an important step towards facilitating early identification of the disease and counteracting its progression before it has gone this far,\u201d says Danish Anwer, a doctoral student at the Department of Life Sciences at Chalmers and the study\u2019s first author.<\/span><\/p>\n

Important window of opportunity discovered<\/span><\/h2>\n

In the study, the researchers focused on two processes thought to be involved in the very early phase of the disease, which can last up to 20 years in Parkinson\u2019s patients before motor symptoms are fully developed. One of the processes is the body\u2019s DNA damage repair, which is the cells\u2019 built-in system for detecting and correcting damage. The second is the cells\u2019 stress response, a survival reaction activated by threats, in…<\/span><\/p>\n

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