New blood test that screens for Alzheimer’s may be a step closer to reality, study suggests

New blood test that screens for Alzheimer’s may be a step closer to reality, study suggests
CNN, by Jacqueline Howard; 1/22/24
Testing a person’s blood for a type of protein called phosphorylated tau, or p-tau, could be used to screen for Alzheimer’s disease with “high accuracy,” even before symptoms begin to show, a new study suggests.