joelthelion@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug slows progression of the disease, study findswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareelucubra@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIs amyloid testing difficult/expensive?
minus-squarejoelthelion@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe current gold-standard is a PET scan. Not crazy hard but also not the most common equipment, and reasonably expensive. There are multiple companies trying to develop simpler tests such as blood or retina tests.
Is amyloid testing difficult/expensive?
The current gold-standard is a PET scan. Not crazy hard but also not the most common equipment, and reasonably expensive.
There are multiple companies trying to develop simpler tests such as blood or retina tests.