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New tests of blood and spinal fluid could help doctors quickly identify patients who would most benefit from treatment.

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Latest Alzheimer's lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques

New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing memory loss from Alzheimer's disease.

April 03, 2025
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This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice

An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

September 02, 2024
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New blood tests that help detect Alzheimer's disease are opening up a new era in diagnosis and treatment, doctors say.

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New blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer's. Are doctors ready for what's next?

A new generation of blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. But many doctors don’t yet know how to use them.

August 02, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
A key protein called Reelin may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a growing body of research.

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A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s

Early in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other threats to memory and thinking.

July 29, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
Newer blood tests can help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease without a brain scan or spinal tap. But some tests are more accurate than others.

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Blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer's — if they're accurate enough. Not all are

A new generation of blood tests can help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's without a brain scan or spinal tap. But only a few perform as well as traditional tests.

January 11, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
A large study of an experimental Alzheimer's drug made by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. appears to slow worsening of the degenerative brain disease.

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An experimental Alzheimer's drug outperforms one just approved by the FDA

In a large study, the experimental drug donanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's by about 35%. That's slightly better than the drug Leqembi, which was fully approved by the FDA on July 6.

July 17, 2023
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  • Jon Hamilton
This illustration made available by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health depicts cells in an Alzheimer's-affected brain. An experimental drug modestly slowed the brain disease's progression, researchers reported Tuesday.

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Study: Alzheimer's drug shows modest success slowing declines in memory, thinking

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

November 30, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
A doctor points to PET scan results that are part of Alzheimer's disease research. Much work in the field focuses a substance called beta-amyloid. A new study could test whether that's the right target.

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What causes Alzheimer's? Study puts leading theory to 'ultimate test'

Researchers are launching a make-or-break study to test the conventional wisdom about what causes Alzheimer's disease.

November 02, 2022
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Dr. William Burke reviews a PET brain scan at Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix in 2018. An experimental Alzheimer's drug from Biogen and Eisai is on the verge of a Food and Drug Administration decision.

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FDA Poised For Decision On Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

The FDA has until Monday to decide whether to approve the first new Alzheimer's drug in nearly two decades. Two big studies of the drug produced conflicting results.

June 04, 2021
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