Alzheimer's can be detected using blood test, 'game-changing' study finds

Alzheimer's can be detected using blood test, 'game-changing' study finds Scientists may have found the true cause of Alzheimer's disease — and believe the condition can be detected using a simple blood test.

Experts have long known the build-up of amyloid in the brain is linked to the disease, but whether the plaques are a cause or a symptom has remained a mystery.

Even more puzzling is why some patients with amyloid clumps in their brains never go on to develop Alzheimer's. Now a 'game-changing' study by the University of Pittsburgh claims to have the answer. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (open access) Nature Medicine