Biomarker test is based on technology developed at WashU Medicine
FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease (Links to an external site)
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St. Louis researchers receive recognition for groundbreaking Alzheimer’s diagnostic test (Links to an external site)
Washington University professors and C2N Diagnostics co-founders Dr. Randall Bateman and Dr. David Holtzman will receive the 2026 American Innovator Award from the Bayh-Dole Coalition in Washington, D.C., on June 3.
Studying these young Alzheimer’s patients led to breakthroughs. Trump cut the funding (Links to an external site)
Some of the most important studies of potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease rely on a group of participants who know they may never fully reap the benefits.
Single Test Could Predict Alzheimer’s Symptoms Before They Even Begin (Links to an external site)
A single blood test may be able to predict when a person will develop Alzheimer’s symptoms—years before memory loss begins—according to new research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.
Promising clinical trials in Alzheimer’s prevention (Links to an external site)
Jake Heinrichs is a Broadway theater electrician from Brooklyn who carries one of the early-onset genes. The disease claimed his grandmother, uncle, father and brother, all within the same age range. “Symptoms in the 40s and, and dying in 50s,” he said.
Promising clinical trials in Alzheimer’s prevention (Links to an external site)
Carrie Richardson, 44, inherited a genetic mutation that caused early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She’s participating in an Alzheimer’s research study at Washington University School of Medicine.
He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? (Links to an external site)
Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.
How Your Brain’s Nightly Cleanse Keeps It Healthy (Links to an external site)
Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia
Three Siblings, One Fatal Gene: A Family’s Fight Against Early-Onset Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39
Drug to slow Alzheimer’s well tolerated outside of clinical trial setting (Links to an external site)
Side effects of lecanemab are manageable, study finds