A finger-prick blood test to diagnose the deadliest form of stroke might be twice as effective at spotting it than using a patient’s symptoms alone. The test, which works similarly to a lateral flow ...

Capillary blood tests measure p-tau217, GFAP, and NfL without strict temperature controls or immediate centrifugation. Primary care physicians currently have a diagnostic accuracy of ~61% for ...

A simple finger-prick dried blood test accurately tracked Alzheimer’s-related brain changes in research settings, pointing to a future role in widening access to early screening while confirmatory ...

The prospect of a finger prick blood test for Alzheimer’s has excited experts (AFP via Getty Images) A pioneering trial has begun to assess whether a simple finger-prick blood test could offer an ...

A finger-prick blood test that can be mailed to a lab may offer a simpler way to detect the brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. Researchers tested whether tiny ...

The dream of Theranos for finger-prick blood tests is now a reality, thanks to the efforts of rival companies. In Austin, Texas, people who fear needles can now undergo routine medical tests using ...

New research provides more evidence that dried blood samples collected from a simple finger prick can be used to measure key biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a multicenter study of more than ...

A new blood test that detects Alzheimer’s by taking a sample from a finger prick could diagnose the disease at early stages long before symptoms become severe, a new Europe-wide study found. The new ...