In a new study, published Thursday (Sept. 12) in the journal Brain Communications, the test was 98% accurate at distinguishing between blood samples taken from 119 people with diagnosed ALS and ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could one day be diagnosed with a blood test, after researchers have linked eight genetic markers to the condition. People with ALS – the most common form of ...

A blood test has been shown to accurately identify patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at early stages, ... ALS Blood Test Promises Accurate, Earlier Diagnosis - Medscape - September 16, 2024.

A blood test looking for neurofilament light chain proteins accurately identified ALS patients more than 80% of the time. The test also can help predict survival for people with ALS, researchers said.

THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A blood test can help doctors detect ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and predict how the degenerative disease will progress in patients, a new ...

University of Gothenburg. (2022, January 28). Simpler and reliable ALS diagnosis with blood tests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 01 ...

A blood test appears to help diagnose and track ALS The test correctly identified people with ALS 80% of the time The test also provided insight into how quickly the disease would act upon ...

To study this, the researchers obtained more than 250 blood samples from people in Michigan both with and without ALS. The investigators calculated individual risk and survival models using 36 ...

A simple blood test has been shown to be 98% accurate at distinguishing between patients with ALS and those without the disease, with potential implications for treatment if it's approved for ...

In a new study, published Thursday (Sept. 12) in the journal Brain Communications, the test was 98% accurate at distinguishing between blood samples taken from 119 people with diagnosed ALS and ...

In a new study, published Thursday (Sept. 12) in the journal Brain Communications, the test was 98% accurate at distinguishing between blood samples taken from 119 people with diagnosed ALS and ...