Single Brain Scan Predicts Aging Speed and Dementia Risk
TL;DR
Researchers have developed a new MRI-based tool called DunedinPACNI that can measure how fast a person is aging and predict their risk of developing dementia and other age-related diseases decades in advance, using just a single brain scan. This innovative approach could enable early interventions and improve health outcomes by identifying at-risk individuals before symptoms appear.
- This MRI Reads Your Brain’s Hidden Clock and Predicts Dementia Decades Ahead SciTechDaily
- DunedinPACNI estimates the longitudinal Pace of Aging from a single brain image to track health and disease Nature
- New tool reveals how fast you’re aging — and predicts dementia years before a diagnosis New York Post
- Scientists can tell how fast you're aging from a single brain scan EurekAlert!
- A simple scan can determine aging speed — and more WGN-TV
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