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BLOOD TEST DETECTS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

  • Writer: Care For A Cure
    Care For A Cure
  • May 23, 2020
  • 1 min read

The blood test accurately measures one of the proteins—P-tau181—implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a new study.

Blood P-tau181 indirectly measures tau hyperphosphorylation in the brain, which is one of the hallmarks of the disease along with the clumpy plaques caused by the protein amyloid β.


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