All UK children could be offered screening for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test, say researchers who ...

An international trial involving 1,000 volunteers will aim to detect biomarkers associated with the condition.

The finger-prick blood test employs a plasma separation card, designed to cut costs and simplify testing procedures.

Cheap blood tests that could spot Alzheimer’s early are set to be given to more than a thousand adults in an effort to ...

The trial seeks to find an easier and less expensive way to detect a disease that affects 1 in 9 people over the age of 65.

Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers measured from finger-prick dried blood samples closely match standard plasma tests and predict ...

What if screening for the diseases that cause dementia could start with something as quick as a finger-prick blood test?

There are indications that a simple finger-prick blood test could, in the future, detect Alzheimer's disease long before the ...

A finger-prick blood test that can be mailed to a lab may offer a simpler way to detect the brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

Blood biomarkers like p-tau217 are emerging as a way to detect Alzheimer's disease. The first FDA-approved blood-based ...

A pioneering trial has begun to assess whether a simple finger-prick blood test could offer an early diagnosis for ...

Testing for Alzheimer's currently sees people undergo a specialised brain scan or invasive spinal fluid tests - but if the ...