p-Tau217 might be the Benjamin Button of biomarkers—starting off old and ending up young. Seriously, p-tau217 is unusually high at birth before waning with age, scientists report. In a cross-sectional ...

Two studies analyzed tau-PET scans from thousands of participants in dozens of cohorts. Tangle prevalence increased with age among cognitively normal people, but decreased among those with dementia.

Is Alzheimer’s disease different in people with Down’s? Two recent proteomics studies say yes. In the July 1 Nature Communications, scientists led by Erik Johnson at Emory University School of ...