Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Using an Eye Examination (Profs. Robert Vince and Swati More)

Researchers at the Center for Drug Design, Profs. Robert Vince, Swati More and Dr. James Beach, have devised a new concept that may allow detection of Alzheimer's disease at an early stage — early enough to give drugs a chance to work! For the first time, changes associated with early stages of the diseases were detected in live mice through color-shifts in the light reflected by the retina. This success, from work with mice predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease, paves a way for a human trial to further test this technique. https://drugdesign.umn.edu/early-detection-alzheimers-disease-using-eye-examination