One barrier to Alzheimer's diagnoses could crumble with discovery of a blood biomarker
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Blood tests show impact of neurosurgery on the brain
Damage to the brains of patients operated on for brain tumors may be assessed by measuring biomarkers in the blood pre- and postoperatively. A new study by University of Gothenburg researchers shows that the increase in markers ...
May 30, 2023
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New blood biomarker can predict if cognitively healthy elderly will develop Alzheimer's disease
Why do some people develop Alzheimer's disease while others don't? And, even more puzzlingly, why do many individuals whose brains are chock-full of toxic amyloid aggregates—a telltale sign of Alzheimer's brain pathology—never ...
May 29, 2023
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Blood tests may help physicians in low-resource environments diagnose Alzheimer's disease
Columbia University neurologists are investigating a set of blood tests that, used in combination with memory tests, may help physicians correctly diagnose Alzheimer's disease in low-resource environments, where 58% of people ...
Apr 21, 2023
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New biomarker for disease progression in multiple sclerosis
The autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis can take a variety of courses. Determining the current and future course of the disease is important in order to slow down its course as much as possible. Researchers at the University ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Alzheimer's: Blood biomarker may help identify the disease ten years before symptoms start
Though Alzheimer's disease affects more than 55 million people worldwide, there's still no cure for the condition—and treatment options are limited.
Jan 19, 2023
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Blood-based markers may reveal Alzheimer's disease ten years before symptoms show
Alzheimer's disease begins decades before the onset of any symptoms, such as memory loss. Consequently, early diagnosis increases the chances of slowing the disease down with drugs. A new study on an inherited form of the ...
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Study evaluates college football players' positions for risk of concussions
A new research study looks inside the brains of college football athletes to measure levels of traumatic brain injury (TBI) biomarkers by player position. This study, conducted in collaboration with researchers at Orlando ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Blood tests in newly brain-injured patients predict death, severe disability
Blood tests taken within 24 hours of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) flag which patients are likely to die and which patients are likely to survive with severe disability, according to a study headed by UC San Francisco, the ...
Aug 10, 2022
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New research could lead to a simple blood test for brain tumors
University of Bristol research could lead to better detection of the most common type of malignant brain cancer.
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