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HKUST launches programme offering Alzheimer’s blood-based test for elderly
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A university in Hong Kong has launched an Alzheimer’s disease screening programme using a locally developed blood-based testing technology – the first of its kind globally – which will benefit 6,000 underprivileged elderly people over five years. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting one in 10 Hongkongers aged 60 or above, with incidence increasing with age, according to a Department of Health report in 2025. Announcing the “NeuroCare Community Project” on Monday,...