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VIB researchers connected to the Born-Bunge Institute and the University of Antwerp have discovered that the amount of the growth factor progranulin in the blood is a predictor of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). Progranulin plays a major role in the survival of brain cells. People who produce less progranulin have a higher risk of contracting FTD. The researchers have developed a test for measuring the amount of progranulin in the blood and thus predicting a person’s risk.

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