HealthTech: Flywheel Exchange acquires Radiologics | Funding & tech to fight Alzheimer’s

  • ST. LOUIS—Breakthrough research from Washington University could change how Alzheimer’s disease is treated. Using an algorithm, researchers say they are able to estimate when a person will start showing signs of dementia. Researchers made the discovery by using a commonly used brain scan in Alzheimer’s research; the scan measures a certain protein in the brain.