A simple blood test could predict Huntingdon's disease years before its onset, in a breakthrough which could one day lead to the first treatment for the incurable condition.
Research by University College London said they have identified the strongest potential blood biomarker yet which can identify and track the genetic brain disorder.
More than 10,000 people in the UK suffer from the disease which is fatal and currently incurable.
The researchers say their findings, published in Lancet Neurology, should help test new treatments for the genetic brain disorder, which is fatal and currently incurable.
"This is the first time a potential blood biomarker has been identified to track Huntington's disease so strongly," said the study's senior author, Dr Edward Wild, from UCL.
The test measures the neurofilament light chain - a protein released from damaged brain cells.
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