A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card that can be sent in regular mail—This approach could soon make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible worldwide. A European study led by ...

The dream of Theranos for finger-prick blood tests is now a reality, thanks to the efforts of rival companies. In Austin, Texas, people who fear needles can now undergo routine medical tests using ...

A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study ...

A new finger-prick test for Alzheimer's disease has shown similar accuracy to traditional venous blood sampling techniques. The corresponding study was presented on October 30th at the Clinical Trials ...

A finger-prick blood test in Austin, Texas. By Peter Loftus | Photographs by Sergio Flores for WSJ . July 30, 2024 5:30 am ET. Listen to article (2 minutes) ...

This article appeared in the September 2024 issue of Texas Monthly with the headline “Blood Tests From a Finger Prick—For Real?” It was originally published online on July 30, 2024.

An Austin, Texas-based company is bringing a new type of “finger prick” blood tests to pharmacies that they say is quicker and more convenient than standard tests. Skip to main content.

Monash engineers have developed the first-of-a-kind finger-prick blood test with ‘needle-in-a hay-stack’ precision to detect the hallmark (protein) biomarkers in early AD before symptoms progress.

A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card that can be sent in regular mail. This approach could soon make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible worldwide.

Some microliters of blood from a finger prick contain enough p-tau217 to be measured on commercial immunoassay platforms. [Image courtesy Nick Ashton.] At AAIC, Ashton showed that the concentrations ...

A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card that can be sent in regular mail. This approach could soon make Alzheimer’s testing much more accessible worldwide. A European study led ...