Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Oct 1, 2024 - Valerie Daggett, a UW scientist on a quest to understand protein dynamics, has developed a novel approach for the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease as well as other neurodegenerative conditions. Now, with guidance and resources from CoMotion, the UW’s innovation hub, she is on the brink of bringing her breakthrough to the real world. She is helming AltPep, the company spun off from her UW research to develop and commercialize a blood test for Alzheimer’s and provide therapeutics to stop its progress.