Blood Test Detects Marker Of Alzheimer’s Neurodegeneration
January 4, 2023 12:06NEW DELHI: A new test detects a novel marker of Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration in a blood sample, researchers report. The biomarker, called “brain-derived tau,” or BD-tau, outperforms current blood diagnostic tests used to detect Alzheimer’s-related neurodegeneration clinically. It is specific to Alzheimer’s disease and correlates well with Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). […]










