[mbreese]

> Proteins (for example Glial Fibrillary acidic protein, GFAP) had previously been identified as potential biomarkers for dementia in smaller studies, but this new research was much larger and conducted over several years.

The article (University press release) does mention this... but seeing a known suspect in the biomarker list would lend some confidence to any novel biomarkers found. So, it's good to see multiple studies having similar hits.

[buyohmarkers]

Totally a good thing. There's a very long list of biomarker failures, and there's lots of analysis into why so many biomarkers fail in clinical applications.

One starting point for reading: https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/59/1/202/5622131