Scientists develop blood test that predicts whether you'll die in next 10 years
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Scientists develop blood test that
predicts whether you'll die in next 10 years
Scientists from
the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have developed a new blood test
that can predict whether you’ll die within the next 10 years
The test relies on biomarkers in the
blood linked to various factors that appear to affect your risk of death.
To
develop the test, the researchers analysed 44,168 participants aged 18 to 109 -
5,512 of who died during follow-up.
An analysis of the participants’ blood
revealed 14 biomarkers that were associated with an increased risk of death.
These biomarkers were linked to various
factors, including immunity, circulating fat, inflammation and glucose control.
This suggests that in the future, a
sample of your blood could be analysed for the presence of these biomarkers, to
indicate when you’ll die.
In the study, published in Nature Communications , the
researchers, led by Joris Deelen, explained: “We subsequently show that the
prediction accuracy of 5- and 10-year mortality based on a model containing the
identified biomarkers and sex is better than that of a model containing
conventional risk factors for mortality.” PLAY
The
researchers highlight that further research is needed before a clinical test is
available, and this is backed up by experts not involved in the study.
Dr Amanda Heslegrave, a researcher at
the UK Dementia Research Institute, said: “Whilst this study shows that this
type of profiling can be useful, they do point out importantly that it would
need further work to develop a score at the individual level that would be
useful in real life situations.
“We’d need to see: validation to ensure
repeatability in different labs, production of reference samples to test this
on an ongoing basis, work to make the individual score possible, validation in
other cohorts and validation of all components of the panel.
“So, it’s an exciting step, but it’s not
ready yet.”
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