Alzheimer’s disease is a notoriously difficult condition to diagnose, often only being confirmed at autopsy. The disease affects millions of people, but current tests such as PET scans and CSF samples are expensive, time-consuming, and invasive. A paradigm-shifting test for Alzheimer’s has been developed by a joint Japanese-Australian team which screens for specific biomarkers in […]

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The emerging and rapidly progressing field of precision medicine, in which treatment is tailored to patients on an individual basis, is examined by the authors. Advances in the fields of genetics, proteomics, diagnostic imaging, and several others have allowed physicians to establish treatment options for patients that show greater efficacy and fewer unwanted side effects […]

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