July 31, 2024 by Nagoya University Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease-related changes in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies could be made possible by monitoring the amyloid-β (Aβ) and phosphorylated tau (p-tau) proteins. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have also discovered that the blood levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL) protein are elevated...
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Early dementia diagnosis: blood proteins reveal at-risk people
The results of a large-scale screening study could be used to develop blood tests to diagnose diseases such as Alzheimer’s before symptoms take hold. By Miryam Naddaf Coloured CT scan of a coronal section through the brain of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.A computed-tomography scan of a brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the most common...
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Long-COVID signatures identified in huge analysis of blood proteins
Proteins involved in immunity, clotting and inflammation could help to unravel the complexity of long COVID By Miryam Naddaf. Long COVID is characterized by symptoms such as fatigue and brain fog, which can persist for months or years after SARS-CoV-2 infection.Credit: Jovelle Tamayo/The Washington Post via Getty Researchers have developed a computational model that predicts how...
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Researchers find changes in blood proteins up to two years before breast cancer diagnosis
EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER NB: This will be the subject of an embargoed virtual news briefing by co-researcher Dr Wilma Mesker at 14.00 hrs CET on Tuesday 15 November. Barcelona, Spain: Researchers have found changes in the levels of particular proteins in people’s blood up to two years before they were diagnosed...
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Blood proteins could be the key to a long and healthy life, study finds
by University of Edinburgh Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two blood proteins have been shown by scientists to influence how long and healthy a life we live, research suggests. Developing drugs that target these proteins could be one way of slowing the aging process, according to the largest genetic study of aging. As we age, our bodies...