A Neurologist’s Deep Dive Into Blood Biomarker Tests for Alzheimers [Video]

Neurology researcher Wagner S. Brum digs deep into amyloid, tau, and what do and don’t know about Alzheimer’s biomarker blood tests.

Here’s the funny thing about Alzheimer’s biomarker blood tests: They can’t actually determine whether or not a person has Alzheimer’s. So what are they good for? They can signal the presence of biomarkers, which indicate Alzheimer’s risk. Better understanding your Alzheimer’s risk could inspire science-backed lifestyle changes to help prevent Alzheimer’s.

In the meantime, these tests’ results can be confusing to interpret — and people still have questions about how the landscape will evolve in the coming years. 

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul neurology researcher Wagner S. Brum has been studying how these biomarker blood tests work, and how they could change the process of Alzheimer’s diagnosis in the near future. As an MD-PhD candidate, his research focuses on advancing the clinical interpretation of Alzheimer’s disease fluid biomarkers used in these blood tests. In particular, he has developed a two-step …