New test could help answer questions about Alzheimer's

AP Wire | 06/25/2006 | New amyloid beta test could help answer questions about Alzheimer's: Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis just published a study in the journal Nature showing for the first time that amyloid beta is rapidly produced and cleard. A surprising result given that it is a key protein associated with the development of AD, and that the disease takes so long to develop. They intend to use this new amyloid beta test to monitor protein levels for research. It was unclear whether the test would be useful for diagnosis, but it seems unlikely, at least for the immediate future, since the findings are that amyloid beta isn't behaving as researchers thought it would.