Credit: JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Researchers at Washington University have developed a blood-based test that can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and predict the clinical stage according to the severity of cognitive symptoms. The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that plasma levels of a peptide fragment from insoluble tau aggregates closely correlate with disease progression … Read more
Credit: FG Trade Latin / Getty Images / E+ New research from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, and the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center reveals the potential of blood biomarkers to predict Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias in community settings. The study, published in Nature Medicine, analyzed data from 2,148 dementia-free Swedish adults for 16 years, … Read more
Credit: Bangkokerz/Getty Images An international team of researchers say they have successfully translated high-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to low-field, affordable, benchtop systems for the analysis of lipoproteins to assess a patient’s cardiovascular risk. This advancement, published in Analytical Chemistry, points the way for the potential to broadly deploy NMR technology for advanced molecular … Read more
Credit: Dr_Microbe / iStock / Getty Images Plus A new study from researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Stanford University has shown how a combination of viral antibodies and genetic factors of people carrying the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can contribute to the immune system’s attack on the brain and spinal cord leading to multiple sclerosis (MS). … Read more