Alzheimer’s

  Health25 July 2025 ByDavid Nield (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In efforts to beat Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are looking at existing drugs that could tackle the condition, and a new study identifies two promising candidates that are currently used to treat cancer. Already approved by regulators in the US – meaning potential clinical trials for Alzheimer’s could start sooner […]

by Sant Pau Research Institute edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has demonstrated that the plasma biomarker p-tau217, obtained through a simple blood test, can predict the clinical progression of Alzheimer’s disease even in its earliest stages, when