Mass General Brigham researchers used long-term data and a blood test for the biomarker pTau217 to identify the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively healthy adults.

A new study​ finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.

A study suggests that a blood test measuring the biomarker pTau217 can detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease years before ...

Plasma pTau217 may detect initial buildup of AD-related brain changes before they can be detected by current ‘gold standard’ ...

Boston scientists say a routine blood draw might spot the earliest changes of Alzheimer’s long before the brain lights up on ...

Currently, PET (positron emission tomography) brain scans are often used to spot these signs – but perhaps pTau217 blood ...

Can a blood test predict Alzheimer’s? New research shows the pTau217 biomarker detects amyloid accumulation and cognitive ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

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A study by investigators at Mass General Brigham has found that a blood test of plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217), an ...