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brandonbtoday at 7:40 AM3 repliesview on HN

This Alzheimer's blood test, PrecivityAD2, is based on the p-tau217 biomarker.

In one recent study, people very high p-tau217 had a 38% chance of progressing to cognitive impairment within 5 years vs 12% for those with low levels. The current tests cost about $200-300, so they're not unreasonable as a screening test. PrecivityAD2 looks to be priced around $1,400-$1,500 so at that price, this specific test likely only makes sense for people with established disease.


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FL33TW00Dtoday at 9:40 AM

Seems like a no brainer for hetero/homozygous APOE4 folks.

vintermanntoday at 8:31 AM

That sounds pretty expensive for me for a test with that low accuracy, especially when there's not much you can do different if it comes back high vs. coming back low.

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vogu66today at 8:37 AM

do you have the reference for that one? I'd be interested in reading it.

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