New Blood Tests Achieve Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Detection and Monitoring

New Blood Test Detects Alzheimer’s and Tracks Its Progression With 92% Accuracy

The new test could help identify which patients are most likely to benefit from new Alzheimer’s drugs. A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer’s disease not only helps confirm the presence of the condition but also provides information about how far the disease has progressed, according to research from Washington University School of Medicine in [...]

A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB), in Spain, has developed a therapeutic compound with “promising” results to treat Alzheimer’s, the most common cause of dementia and for which only drugs exist with a very limited efficacy and in mild stages of the disease.

Novel Blood Test Tracks Alzheimer's Progression

(MedPage Today) -- A novel plasma-based assay was more strongly associated with tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer's disease than other established blood biomarkers, researchers said. The assay measured a new plasma tau species known as endogenously...

The study, conducted by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden, was published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. In the study, the researchers found that levels of a protein called MTBR-tau243 in the blood accurately reflect the level of progression of the disease. The approach was based on analyzing the levels of MTBR-tau243 in the blood of a group of people with cognitive impair…

New blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease and measures how far it's progressed

Several blood tests have been shown to accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease — as previously reported by Fox News Digital — but now a new test has emerged that can gauge how far it has progressed.The study, which was published Monday in Nature Medicine journal, was led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden.Determining the clinical stage of dementia can help ensure that the patient…

Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer's disease, measures extent of dementia

A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new study.