A drop of blood can detect Alzheimer’s – international award

The 2026 Jeffrey L. Morby Prize has been awarded to researchers from Lund University and Washington University for a study published in Nature Medicine. The paper describes a blood test capable of detecting changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

“We are truly grateful to the committee for the award, and we share it with all the co-authors and collaborators who took part in the study.” say the BioFINDER authors Gemma Salvadó and Oskar Hansson

Read more at: Medicinska fakulteten (Swedish) or Faculty of Medicine, Lund University (English)

Read the paper at Nature Medicine

Gemma Salvadó, assistant researcher and
Oskar Hansson, professor of Neurology .
Photo: Åsa Hansdotter, Tove Smeds