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Blood test to detect dementia: expert available for comment

Neuroscience Research Australia < 1 mins read

Professor Matthew Kiernan AM CEO at Neuroscience Research Australia is available to provide expert comment on the development of an early blood test to predict dementia, as reported by the Guardian today based on research published in nature aging

Professor Kiernan AM is an expert in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). He is a clinician scientist based at NeuRA. 

 


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