This news may put some minds at ease. “Our test identifies very early stages of tau tangle formation — up to a decade before any tau clumps can show up on a brain scan,” said senior study ...

Scientists have identified a biomarker for Alzheimer's that may help doctors spot the early signs of protein buildup in the brain before it causes significant damage.

Now, new research published in the journal Nature Medicine suggests that a special biomarker test could help detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease up to a decade before they begin to show up on ...

This test joins a bunch of notable Alzheimer's-related breakthroughs we've learned about over the last year or so. For starters, five subtypes of the disease were identified , opening the doors to ...