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Alzheimer’s Biomarker Test May Detect Disease Years before Tau Tangles Appear - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Researchers say CSF biomarker test correlates with the severity of cognitive decline, independent of other factors, including brain amyloid deposition.

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Alzheimer’s Biomarker Test May Detect Disease Years before Tau Tangles Appear - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Years before neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) of tau protein show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medic… [+6126 chars]

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