Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • NEWS

Blood test uses ‘protein clock’ to predict risk of Alzheimer’s and other diseases

The clock is effective in people with a range of genetic backgrounds.
  1. Julian Nowogrodzki

    1. Julian Nowogrodzki is a science writer and editor in Boston, Massachusetts.

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed  Google Scholar

An age ‘clock’ based on some 200 proteins found in the blood can predict a person’s risk of developing 18 chronic illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02576-2

References

  1. Argentieri, M. A. et al. Nature Med. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03164-7 (2024).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Oh, H. S. et al. Nature 624, 164–172 (2023).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Nature Careers

Jobs

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing

Search

Advanced search

Quick links