- Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its misfolded pathological forms that litter the brain, cerebrospinal fluid and blood. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03400-0 4 comments science
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- Alzheimer's biomarkers now visible up to a decade ahead of symptoms https://newatlas.com/brain/alzheimers-dementia/alzheimers-biomarkers-visible-decade-before-symptoms/ 121 comments
- Biomarker Test Can Detect Alzheimer's Pathology Earlier, Pitt Study Shows | School of Medicine | University of Pittsburgh https://www.medschool.pitt.edu/news/biomarker-test-can-detect-alzheimers-pathology-earlier-pitt-study-shows 3 comments