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Tassie researchers at forefront of early warning test for dementia - Newspaper interview by Sue Bailey
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Alty, JE, Tassie researchers at forefront of early warning test for dementia - Newspaper interview by Sue Bailey, Sunday Tasmanian, The Mercury, Australia, 8 May 2021 (2021) [Newspaper Article]
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Abstract
A COMPUTER test being developed in Tasmania could provide a worldwide breakthrough in preventing dementia.
Royal Hobart Hospital neurologist and University of Tasmania researcher Dr Jane Alty is leading a team using the new "TAS Test" to detect the earliest stages of dementia 10 to 20 years before it causes any memory symptoms.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Newspaper Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | biomarkers, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, artificial intelligence |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
| Research Field: | Geriatrics and gerontology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
| Objective Field: | Health related to ageing |
| UTAS Author: | Alty, JE (Associate Professor Jane Alty) |
| ID Code: | 149800 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Deposited By: | Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre |
| Deposited On: | 2022-04-14 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-04-14 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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