Diagnose It Yourself: Will There Be a Home Test Kit for Alzheimer’s disease?

Figures & data

Table 1. Graphic evaluation of the potential usability of different novel Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic methods.

	Analytical cost and effort	Diagnostic accuracy	Potential at-home-use
Blood Tau	0	+	0
Blood amyloid	-	+	0
Blood NfL	0	+	0
Blood neuroinflammatory markers	-	+	0
Olfactory epithelium	+	0	0
Saliva	0	0	+
Buccal cells	0	0	+
Urine	-	-	+

Note: We defined the range by the grades ‘+’ (favorable), ‘0’ (undecided) and ‘-’ (unfavorable).