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Alzheimer’s Blood Tests Show Promise—but Accuracy Varies Across Groups, Says Dr. Hu

Recent advances in Alzheimer’s diagnostics have ushered in a new generation of blood tests that promise faster, simpler detection of the disease’s biological markers. But according to Dr. William T. Hu, the scientific promise does not yet translate into a clear clinical path—especially across diverse patient populations. Dr. Hu’s research found that some blood-based biomarkers, while reasonably accurate in White patients, showed much lower accuracy in Black individuals, underscoring that there’s a high chance that they actually won’t have Alzheimer’s despite a positive result.

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