🔬 At #AAIC2025, Being Patient founder Deborah Kan spoke with Veravas CEO John Forrest about their work on #tau #biomarkers. 🧠 Tau is closely linked to the onset of #cognitivedecline, offering predictive insight within a 3–5 year window. Unlike other biomarkers, tau reflects what’s happening right now in the #brain. 💡 With highly accurate detection, even in the earliest stages, before symptoms appear, this test could identify tau aggregation in people over age 50 while they are still cognitive

🧠 At #AAIC2025, Being Patient founder Deborah Kan tried Hyperfine, Inc.'s Swoop system — a portable #MRI that makes hashtag#brain scans possible almost anywhere. ⚡ In just 6 minutes on the conference floor in Toronto, Deborah experienced what Edmond Knopp, MD and Maria Sanis described as an “ultra low field” MRI. Unlike conventional scans, there’s no need to remove metal, no expensive facility build‑out, and it runs on a simple 15‑amp plug. 🔍 The team demonstrated how the system produces image