In my dreams, I see 10 to 20 years from now, people who are 50 to 55 years old will get a cognitive evaluation, a PIB scan followed by a CSF test, combined with genetic markers. And the doctor will be able to tell people on an individual basis their risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.
Anne Fagan Niven
Our goal is to identify biomarkers, to be able to diagnose people early in the disease stage, hopefully, even before cognitive symptoms start.
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To our surprise, three of the people that were PIB-positive and had low A-beta 42 levels were clinically normal.
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