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New blood test can detect ‘toxic’ protein years before Alzheimer’s symptoms emerge, study shows

Submitted by neurosur on Fri, 12/16/2022 - 10:17

Dr. Andrew Ko is part of a research team that has developed a test to measure levels of amyloid beta oligomers in blood samples. Oligomers are amyloid beta proteins that misfold and clump together potentially developing into Alzheimer’s.

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