Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.
  • @[email protected]
    2•8 hours ago

    great now we can be aware of our ever nearing doom for 10 years before it saps us of the capacity to even suffer!

  • @RamblingPanda
    13•7 days ago

    That’s fantastic and also incredibly scary. If I were to test myself today, I wouldn’t get out of my head how my… grandmother in law? died. Even if this will lead to a cure, maybe, I would always imagine how I raced to this point. What a horrible end.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•7 days ago

      I’m sorry your grandmother in law died that way.

      There is lots of encouraging research that NDDs are related to metabolic health, and specifically ketones. You can always start improving your metabolic health