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Melanie Campbell
February 12, 2013

An early test for Alzheimer's disease

Melanie Campbell sees the eyes as a window to the brain, where the presence of amyloid beta proteins in the neural layers of the retina may lead to an early and definitive test for Alzheimer’s disease. 

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