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Spinal Fluid Biomarkers Detect Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s Disease in Living Patients
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Spinal Fluid Biomarkers Detect Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s Disease in Living Patients

Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases can still only be confirmed in deceased patients’ brains via autopsy. Even so, the development of biomarkers can give patients and their families answers during life: Alzheimer’s disease can be accurately detected via peptides and proteins in a patient’s cerebrospinal fluids (CSF), which can be collected through a lumbar puncture...