New equipment to be able to simplify the inspection, such as Alzheimer's disease in a drop of blood.

The 21st, and the National Chojuiryokenkyusenta (Aichi Obu) announced that it has developed a new device that can easily test such as Alzheimer's disease in a drop of blood. It can also be applied to other diseases, with the aim of practical application of the end of fiscal 2015 as a medical device for the home.
Blood was collected in a medical institution, it takes about 9-20 hours until you get a result now, but this technology if put into practice, it can be blood was collected at home, to know the test results in 10-30 minutes become. The person in charge has said, "because it will be able to check easily, which leads to. Healthcare costs that can be early detection of disease progression, such as Alzheimer's disease is slow" he said. If there is no pain at the time of blood collection still looks good.



国立長寿医療研究センター（愛知県大府市）などは２１日、１滴の血液でアルツハイマー病などの検査を簡単にできる新装置を開発したと発表した。ほかの病気にも応用可能で、家庭向けの医療機器として２０１５年度末までの実用化を目指す。
　現在は医療機関で採血した後、結果が出るまで９～２０時間ほどかかるが、この技術が実用化されれば、自宅で血液を採取して、１０～３０分で検査結果を知ることが可能になる。担当者は「手軽に検査できるようになるので、アルツハイマー病のような進行が遅い病気を早期発見できる。医療費抑制にもつながる」と話している。採血時に痛みがなければ尚良いですね。