Digilab Peptidomics receives United States Patent for Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers
Dementia diseases represent an increasing problem in industrialized countries because of higher average life expectancies. Such diseases are in most cases incurable and patients therefore require long-term care. Half of these patients receive in-patient care. Alzheimer's Disease accounts for about 65% of chronic dementias and new methods for diagnosis and therapy are therefore of great importance.
Diglab's scientists believe these new Peptidomics® biomarkers will be an alternative or supplementary method to the mini-mental score. "An earlier, faster, easier and safer method for the diagnosis of chronic dementia diseases would save invaluable time to start proper treatment", commented Dr. Hans-Dieter Zucht, Chief Technology Officer at Digilab, "Our patented peptide biomarkers avoid the diagnosis disadvantages of prior art for such diseases".
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