New Blood Test That Screens For Alzheimer's May Be a Step Closer To Reality, Study Suggests - Slashdot - Slashdot
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Testing a person's blood for a type of protein called phosphorylated tau, or p-tau, could be used to screen for Alzheimer's disease with "high accuracy," even before symptoms begin to show, a new study suggests. CNN: The study involved testing blood for a key…