Making Sense of pTau 181: the New Dementia Blood Test - Medical Republic

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NEW YORK.- Could a simple blood test anticipate your risk of developing dementia years, or even decades, before memory loss appears?That's the potential promise of a new class of biomarkers tests.Last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two of them to help diagnose people with Alzheimer's disease if they have symptoms of dementia. Scientists now study whether this type of test can also identify those at risk of developing Alzhe…