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Collaborative Study by NeuroQuest and AIBL Shows Specific Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Could Lead to Blood-based Screening Tool
NeuroQuest, a company focused on the discovery of blood-based immune biomarkers in pre-clinical stage Alzheimers, has completed a clinical study with the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study (AIBL). The study demonstrated that specific immune deficits associated with the development of Alzheimers disease may be identified. The results of the study were published in Alzheimers & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimers Association. The study presents information on specific biomarkers that can become a low cost, practical, blood-based screening tool with 95% sensitivity and 83% specificity to identify subjects who have Beta Amyloid plaques, which are associated with Alzheimers disease, in their brains.
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Leukocyte surface biomarkers implicate deficits of innate immunity in sporadic Alzheimer's disease
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Israeli-based NeuroQuest Receives SCRA Technology Ventures Funding
SCRA Technology Ventures has closed two rounds of funding on its first Israeli investment, NeuroQuest, an Israeli biotech company. NeuroQuest has developed immune-based biomarkers for ALS and Alzheimers disease. The investment was made through a collaboration between South Carolina business leaders and Israeli companies. The funding was led by InterTech Group and the Maryland/Israel Trendlines Fund. NeuroQuest will establish its clinical development center in South Carolina.
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NeuroQuest: Detecting Alzheimer's Before Symptoms Appear
Israeli company NeuroQuest is developing a new method of testing for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimers, based on the measurement of immune biomarkers in the patients bloodstream. The technology has shown up to 85% diagnostic accuracy in clinical trials. NeuroQuest has received a $500,000 investment from InterTech Group and Maryland/Israel Trendlines Fund. The company aims to set up a marketable diagnostic test for Alzheimers disease and hopes to encourage pharmaceutical companies to develop more effective treatments. NeuroQuest plans to expand the use of the immune biomarker method to other neurodegenerative diseases in the future.
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