Utilizing tau PET imaging, new research finds tau to be a more accurate indication for future neurodegeneration, highlighting its potential for precision medicine-based treatment approaches.
Amyloid-β has long been the bane of every Alzheimer’s researcher. Often found in large concentrations in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease patients, particularly in regions associated with Alzheimer’s symptomology, it seemed apparent that the protein was responsible for the debilitating neurodegenerative disorder. However, drugs against it didn’t work; drug trials that target amyloid-β are routinely being halted early and no novel Alzheimer’s drug has been brought to clinic since 2003. Read Full Article