58 - Blood Biomarkers: Alzheimer's Disease August 2020

Today we have another episode focused on the latest findings in Alzheimer’s disease blood biomarkers research, where Elyn covers abstracts from papers published in August 2020. These papers were clumped together based on the fact that they all focused on measuring something in the blood to either predict or diagnose Alzheimer disease – making them blood biomarkers!

In this episode, you’ll hear about a range of analytes that were useful in diagnosing, or predicting Alzheimer disease. Some of these are the usual suspects of amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration markers like neurofilament light,... You’ll also hear about some new methods, and some big data papers that used gene expression data to identify new candidate blood biomarkers for AD. Definitely lots to unpack in this rapidly evolving field, so tune in!

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Today's episode was scripted and hosted by Elyn Rowe, and edited by Yvonne Deng.  All this work is made possible by an entire team of volunteers behind the scenes.  

Our music is from "Journey of a Neurotransmitter" by musician and fellow neuroscientist Anusha Kamesh; you can find the original piece and her other music on soundcloud under Anusha Kamesh or on her YouTube channel, AKMusic.  

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Elyn Rowe would like to acknowledge her support from the Alzheimer Society of Canada, through the Alzheimer Society Research Program. The Alzheimer Society is committed to knowledge dissemination as a key pillar in their mission to  promote the search for causes, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer disease.

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