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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

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Professor Markus Otto at the microscope: In a study, he and his colleagues showed that p-tau proteins are not as accurate as hoped as biomarkers for blood tests for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

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University Medicine Halle

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