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Re:Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%... by ahazred8ta on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:26PM (#47140684)
[testing positive for the disease but it's not progressing] -- Yes, exactly this. There are people with two copies of the bad APOE4 gene. 95% of them develop early-onset Alzheimer's in their 50s. The medical community is now very intensely studying the remaining 5% to find out what's causing them to NOT get sick.
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Re:Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%... by RiverStone on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @02:33PM (#47141622)
Can you provide the source for the 95% figure?
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Re:Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%... by ahazred8ta on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:08PM (#47143080)
Sloppy wording. -- Fortea (2024) -- Over 95% of people with two copies have amyloid beta in their cerebrospinal fluid. (not full-blown Alzheimers symptoms, just early detection)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/06/scie...

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