Dedicated memory tests on smartphones enable the detection ... aim to slow the rate of cognitive decline. "To advance such self-tests, a patient's clinical data must be linked to self-tests ...

Scientists have identified a biomarker for Alzheimer's that may help doctors spot the early signs of protein buildup in the ...

The biomarker test is a spinal tap test (also called a lumbar puncture) that uses a needle to remove cerebrospinal fluid (i.e ...

Professor Seán Kennelly from the Tallaght Institute of Memory and Cognition believes this study is a major step forward in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's was made by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, where a test was created to detect the disease in the brain earlier.

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Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window A biomarker test identified tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease before fibrillary tangles developed. Neurofibrillary ...

Alzheimer’s disease is an incredibly serious late-life aliment that can have a massive impact on an individual’s quality of life and self sufficiency ... a new blood test that could ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine can detect small amounts of the ...

Now, new research published in the journal Nature Medicine suggests that a special biomarker test could help detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease up to a decade before they begin to show up on ...