A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study, researchers ...

Daniel Levner, co-founder of Israeli startup Sight Diagnostics, is accustomed to fielding questions about Theranos, the Silicon Valley diagnostics company that flamed out after its much-hyped ...

A simple finger prick blood test may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, according to research revealed this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam. The blood ...

Capillary blood tests measure p-tau217, GFAP, and NfL without strict temperature controls or immediate centrifugation. Primary care physicians currently have a diagnostic accuracy of ~61% for ...

A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card that can be sent in regular mail—This approach could soon make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible worldwide. A European study led by ...

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This allergy test, a sometimes unpleasant childhood right of passage, may be a thing of the past someday. New research shows that a urine test can determine if a person has an allergy to a specific ...

A focus on relatively painless, quick diagnostic testing didn’t just bring Theranos to the forefront (despite its recent hurdles). Companies like NOWDiagnostics, established in the beginning of 2014, ...

New research provides more evidence that dried blood samples collected from a simple finger prick can be used to measure key biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a multicenter study of more than ...

Researchers are investigating if a finger prick blood test could be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier than with traditional methods. Researchers looked at 77 people with Alzheimer’s disease.