Before a patient can receive the treatment, the physician must first confirm the presence of the protein. This is where the new finger prick blood test could be beneficial, according to Maria C.

A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card ... alongside the development of Alzheimer's treatments, with the drug lecanemab already approved in numerous countries outside the EU.

Blood tests for Alzheimer's could improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment of the disease. AMSTERDAM, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A simple, finger prick blood test — not so different from ...

A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study ...