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May 19, 2025
Blood test predicts dementia up to 10 years in advance, study finds
A new study examined the potential of biomarkers tau217 and Neurofilament Light (NfL) to predict the onset of dementia up to ten years before clinical diagnosis in cognitively healthy older adults.
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“Blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and incident dementia in the community” by Giulia Grande, Martina Valletta, Debora Rizzuto, Xin Xia, Chengxuan Qiu, Nicola Orsini, Matilda Dale, Sarah Andersson, Claudia Fredolini, Bengt Winblad, Erika J. Laukka, Laura Fratiglioni and Davide L. Vetrano, March 26, 2025, Nature Medicine.
