Scientists develop a blood test that detects Alzheimer’s by measuring protein structural changes rather than protein quantity.

Scientists found that a blood protein called p tau217 may reveal dementia risk up to 25 years before symptoms appear.

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Women with higher levels of p-tau217, a blood protein, were twice as likely to eventually develop dementia or mild cognitive impairment.