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Researchers to develop blood test for Alzheimer’s disease

December 10, 2018

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The new test, which is based on the detection of tau proteins, is expected to replace existing costly brain scans and cerebrospinal fluid tests.

To develop the test, the team developed assays to measure different forms of tau in blood and cerebrospinal fluid.

The assay tests were applied to the Harvard Aging Brain Study and Institute of Neurology, London participants. The researchers discovered a subset of tau proteins, which are found to be elevated in Alzheimer’s.

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