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(on video) Blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease soon? A blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease that can be done at your doctor’s office…
Until now, the only way to definitively diagnose Alzheimer’s disease was to analyze the biomarkers present. cerebrospinal fluidcerebrospinal fluid. A cumbersome process, which was also accompanied by confirmatory tests. The discovery of a team of researchers from the Saint Pau Research Institute (Spain) could change the situation: their article, published in the journal JAMA Neurology A blood biomarker, the phosphorylated form of p-tau217 ( Tau proteinTau proteinis present in the brainthe brain) as a very promising candidate in DiagnosticDiagnostic No disease.
More effective and less invasive treatment
And for good reason: tested on 786 patients, p-tau217 provides diagnostic accuracy from 90 to 95%, and reduces the need for control tests by 80%! “Of all the biomarkers currently studied for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, this one has yielded the best results”, explains Daniel Alcolia, Head of the Biomarker Platform at the Sant Pau Memory Unit, in a press release. Moreover, it also helps in detecting the disease at pre-clinical stage. An alternative to current techniques that are much less invasive, more accessible and may allow faster treatment of patients.
