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Dec 30, 2022

Neuroscientists developed a blood-based biomarker for Alzheimer’s diagnosis

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Neuroscientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine developed a new test to identify a sign of Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration in a blood sample, according to a press release.

“At present, diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease requires neuroimaging,” said senior author Thomas Karikari, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Pitt.


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Called “brain-derived tau” (BD-tau), the biomarker is specific to neurodegenerations related to Alzheimer’s disease, and it reportedly outperforms currently used blood diagnostic tests.

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