There goes an old saying by Lord Alfred Tennyson, “For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.” Although eyes are the window to our soul but with the advancement of scientific research, eye has also emerged as a vital organ to detect Alzheimer’s disease early on. According to scientists at the Duke Eye Centre, a small eye scan is enough to reveal activity in the cerebral system linking with the debilitating disease. An eye specialist may start investigating patients for Alzheimer’s in near future.

The scientist team has revealed that the activity of blood vessel in the eyes of Alzheimer’s patient is relatively different from that occurring within any healthy person. Investigation on the changes that occur in the blood vessels of the brain are detected for their occurrence inside retina using a new scientific…