The trial seeks to find an easier and less expensive way to detect a disease that affects 1 in 9 people over the age of 65.

A new finger prick test claims to detect Alzheimer’s with 91% accuracy using p-tau217 biomarkers. Learn how this accessible ...

An international trial involving 1,000 volunteers will aim to detect biomarkers associated with the condition.

A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study, researchers ...

A new finger-prick test for Alzheimer's disease has shown similar accuracy to traditional venous blood sampling techniques. The corresponding study was presented on October 30th at the Clinical Trials ...

A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card that can be sent in regular mail. This approach could soon make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible worldwide. A quick finger prick and a ...

The finger prick blood test that could revolutionise Alzheimer’s diagnosis - The test aims to pick up three proteins known to ...

Jab a finger, draw up a spot of blood with a test strip, let it dry, then mail it off to your doctor. Could testing for Alzheimer’s disease become that simple? Quite possibly. Modern immunoassays are ...