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Study of promising Alzheimer’s marker in blood prompts warning about brain-boosting supplements
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Study of promising Alzheimer’s marker in blood prompts warning about brain-boosting supplements

by University of California – San Diego Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elevated levels of an enzyme called PHGDH in the blood of older adults could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease, and a study led by the University of California San Diego provides new evidence to support this claim. In analyzing brain tissue,...

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Blood test identifies key Alzheimer’s marker

A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that measures of amyloid beta in the blood have the potential to help identify people with altered levels of amyloid in their brains or cerebrospinal fluid. Currently, the only way to detect amyloid beta in the brain is via...