From blood tests to AI , new ways to diagnose dementia sooner and treat it faster set to be unlocked by new research challenge

UK researchers and industry challenged to come up with tech solutions that speed up dementia diagnosis for vast majority of patients by 2029

Part of new R&D Missions Accelerator Programme, which backs R&D to directly deliver on core missions, with clear and ambitious targets

New solutions to dramatically increase the number of patients receiving a timely formal diagnosis of dementia are to be rolled out by the end of the decade, Science Minister Lord Vallance sets out today (Friday 24 October).

With one million people in the UK living with dementia - a number expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040 - researchers and industry have been backed by £5 million

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