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German neurochemists have developed an accurate blood test that can specifically detect the brain-derived tau protein that is diagnostic for neurodegenerative Alzheimer’s Disease.  Since most of the tau protein circulating in blood is not specific for Alzheimer’s, the researchers generated an antibody against anti-brain-derived tau in order to power a more specific test.  Their new diagnostic test detects brain tau in blood as accurately as those tests that detect this protein in the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain.  

 

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awac407/6960988

 

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