Blood Test IDs Key Alzheimer's Marker
July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017
ST. LOUIS, July 19 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release:
Decades before people with Alzheimer's disease develop memory loss and confusion, their brains become dotted with plaques made of a sticky protein - called amyloid beta - that is thought to contribute to the disease and its progression.
Currently, the only way to detect amyloid beta in the brain is via PET scanning, which is expensive and not widely available, . . .
Decades before people with Alzheimer's disease develop memory loss and confusion, their brains become dotted with plaques made of a sticky protein - called amyloid beta - that is thought to contribute to the disease and its progression.
Currently, the only way to detect amyloid beta in the brain is via PET scanning, which is expensive and not widely available, . . .