4 – Alzheimers

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have found that elevated cerebrospinal fluid levels of phosphorylated tau231 (P-tau231), a damaged tau protein found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, may be an early diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease in healthy adults.The study published this month online by Neurobiology of Aging shows that high levels of P- tau231 predict future memory …

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Early Diagnostic Biomarker For Alzheimer’s In Healthy Adults (redOrbit)

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