WashU study finds tau blood marker higher in advanced CTE autopsies

The Associated Press and The Guardian said a Washington University in St. Louis study in JAMA found the tau fragment eMTBR-tau243 elevated in blood from 11 people later confirmed to have advanced CTE.

How it’s being reported

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First reported by TThe Guardian

TThe GuardianFirst

Scientists find blood biomarker that opens door to CTE diagnosis in living patients

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AAP

Preliminary study finds a clue in the quest to help diagnose CTE in the living

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Where they agree

• Both report a WashU study of eMTBR-tau243 in blood from 11 people with CTE confirmed at autopsy.
• Both say the marker was higher in advanced CTE than in healthy people and did not reliably identify early-stage CTE.