The growing field of Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics is gaining another entrant with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated’ new blood biomarker test for phosphorylated tau 217, or p-tau217. Research has shown that p-tau217 helps detect AD early in the disease’s progress.
Addition to Quest Alzheimer's Suite Looks For Biomarker P-Tau217
The test is being integrated into Quest’s AD-Detect portfolio for assessing the risk of Alzheimer’s. It is the third p-tau217 test to make news this month, after new breakthrough designations for Quanterix and Roche and Eli Lilly.
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