Including people without intelligence test scores expands genetic study of intelligenceResearchers from Amsterdam UMC and the Wellcome Sanger Institute greatly expanded a genetic study of intelligence by making use of information from people who never completed an intelligence test. This allowed them to conduct the largest genetic study of its kind to date, involving nearly half a million people of European ancestry. Their study was published in Nature Genetics.
The role of blood tests in Alzheimer's disease for diagnosis and treatment keeps growingBlood biomarkers will become more important for diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease in the upcoming years. In a new article in the Lancet Neurology prof. Dr. Charlotte Teunissen of the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam and international colleagues, describe how this development can change dementia care.