There are indications that a simple finger-prick blood test could, in the future, detect Alzheimer's disease long before the ...

A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study, researchers ...

Being able to do the test then - because finger dexterity is after all an important marker of brain health - is all well and ...

Blood biomarkers like p-tau217 are emerging as a way to detect Alzheimer's disease. The first FDA-approved blood-based ...

Jab a finger, draw up a spot of blood with a test strip, let it dry, then mail it off to your doctor. Could testing for Alzheimer’s disease become that simple? Quite possibly. Modern immunoassays are ...