2026-07-25 from ctvnews.ca

Researchers have developed a new method through blood tests that could be a breakthrough in helping identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

In a paper published earlier this month in the medical journal JAMA, researchers determined that higher levels of a protein called “p-tau217″ were associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s.

Through research compiled from 2,700 participants across six different studies, Buckley said her team found that older adults with elevated p-tau217 levels in their blood had a 38 per cent higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s in the next five years.

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