Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer's Years Before Symptoms Occur.

ALZHEIMER'S disease; BLOOD testing; SYMPTOMS; TAU proteins

C2N Diagnostics LLC, which has a commercially available blood test to detect amyloid, announced last week it will launch another version in the first quarter of next year that will look for both amyloid and the tau protein that has also been linked to the disease. (Bloomberg) -- A simple blood test that can detect Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear may be one step closer to reality, as researchers devise a new method to find it early. [Extracted from the article]

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