St. Louis School of Medicine: Alzheimer's Protein in Blood Indicates Early Brain Changes
July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 29 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release:
Two decades or more before symptoms arise, plaques of a sticky protein called amyloid begin forming in the brains of people later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that levels of a specific protein in the blood rise as amyloid plaques form in the brain. This protein can be detected . . .
Two decades or more before symptoms arise, plaques of a sticky protein called amyloid begin forming in the brains of people later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that levels of a specific protein in the blood rise as amyloid plaques form in the brain. This protein can be detected . . .