Study shows a frontline Alzheimer’s blood test could be as accurate as spinal fluid exams

Fierce Biotech February 23, 2024
Conor Hale

Researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden have taken a step closer toward developing a blood test that could be used during an annual doctor’s office visit to help catch cases of Alzheimer’s disease.

Making a simple and accurate blood test available to primary care providers would upend traditional diagnostic methods, where invasive spinal tap procedures or brain scans typically only come after a patient has begun demonstrating cognitive decline.

The researchers—some of whom previously worked with the Washington University’s spinout C2N Diagnostics, a former Fierce 15 winner and developer of the PrecivityAD blood tests for Alzheimer’s—say this new assay is capable of performing on par with PET scans and analyses of cerebrospinal...

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