Research-stage · Biomarker & AI · Investigational

Exploring blood-based biomarker approaches for Alzheimer's research.

Neuoryx is an early-stage Alzheimer's biomarker and AI research initiative, developing and evaluating investigational blood-based biomarker workflows for research. The project studies whether selected blood-based markers — tau, amyloid, and glial-response proteins — together with AI-assisted analysis, can support future research workflows for earlier biological understanding of neurodegenerative disease.

The early biological window this research explores
Preclinical
MCI
Dementia
Focus of study
4
Biomarkers under study
3
Biological axes
pg/mL
Biomarker concentration range under study
Important notice

Neuoryx is an investigational research project. It is not a cleared, approved, or commercially available diagnostic test, and is not intended to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, predict disease risk, guide treatment, replace physician evaluation, or support clinical decision-making. All biomarker references on this site are provided for research and scientific-context purposes only.

In collaboration with York University · Lab-HA Exploring academic research funding pathways
Background

The biomarkers are promising. The research questions remain.

Blood-based tau, amyloid, and glial markers have drawn intense scientific interest for Alzheimer's research. Yet measuring them reliably, and understanding the earliest biology, remains an open area of study — which is where this initiative focuses.

Reference methods are invasive

Spinal-fluid sampling and amyloid PET remain research and clinical reference standards, but their invasiveness limits their use in large-scale, longitudinal biomarker studies.

Blood-based signals are subtle

Alzheimer's-related proteins circulate at very low concentrations. Achieving robust, reproducible measurement from small blood volumes remains an open analytical challenge worth studying.

Early biology is thinly captured

The preclinical and early phases of the disease are where biological understanding is thinnest — and where accessible, well-characterized research assays could contribute the most.

The research

How the research platform is being studied.

Neuoryx is evaluating a research-stage workflow that combines sample preparation, multiplex biomarker sensing, quantitative readout, and structured data interpretation — as a scientific investigation, not a clinical service.

STEP 01

Prepare

The research workflow explores how small-volume blood samples may be processed for biomarker assay development in a laboratory setting.

→ Sample preparation
STEP 02

Measure

The investigational assay is being designed to study selected Alzheimer's-related biomarkers — pTau217, Aβ42, Aβ40, and GFAP — in a research context.

→ Multiplex research assay
STEP 03

Analyze

The platform aims to generate structured research outputs that support analytical validation, study design, and future translational research. It is not intended to provide clinical diagnosis or treatment guidance.

→ Structured research output
Biomarkers

Four markers under study. Both biological axes.

The biomarkers under investigation span both biological axes of Alzheimer's — the tau–amyloid pathology and the glial response that rises early alongside it.

Tau axis
pTau217
phospho-tau 217
Among the most studied blood markers of Alzheimer's pathology; explored here as a primary research signal.
Amyloid axis
Aβ42
amyloid-beta 42
Reported to fall in blood as amyloid accumulates in the brain — studied as the amyloid-side research signal.
Amyloid axis
Aβ40
amyloid-beta 40
Investigated as the reference partner that may make the Aβ42/Aβ40 research ratio more robust to individual variation.
Glial axis
GFAP
glial fibrillary acidic protein
A marker of astrocyte reactivity reported to rise early — included among core biomarkers in the 2024 NIA-AA research framework.
pTau217/Aβ42
Primary research ratio
Aβ42/Aβ40
Supporting research ratio
Why this matters now

Renewed scientific focus on earlier disease biology.

2023
Disease-modifying therapy milestone
The emergence of anti-amyloid therapies renewed scientific focus on earlier biological understanding of Alzheimer's disease.
2024
Continued therapeutic progress
Further therapeutic progress widened scientific interest in biomarkers linked to earlier disease biology.
2025
Blood-based Alzheimer's testing advances
Recent regulatory and scientific progress in Alzheimer's blood biomarkers has increased interest in the field and strengthened the case for further research.

The field has clarified which biomarkers matter. Neuoryx is a research effort exploring how they might be measured through more accessible assay workflows — as a scientific question, not a clinical product. These references describe the surrounding scientific landscape, not the performance of any Neuoryx work.

Research pathway

A staged research pathway.

A staged research route, from feasibility through analytical validation and into translational research planning.

Stage 01

Feasibility

Evaluate assay design, biomarker selection, workflow assumptions, and early prototype feasibility in a research environment.

Stage 02

Analytical validation

Study assay performance, reproducibility, sensitivity, specificity, and workflow reliability using appropriate research samples and controls.

Stage 03

Translational research planning

Use evidence from feasibility and analytical validation to determine whether future clinical, regulatory, or translational pathways should be explored.

Neuoryx is currently a research-stage initiative. Any future clinical or commercial use would require appropriate validation, ethics review, regulatory review, and applicable approvals.

Global research collaboration

Advancing responsible Alzheimer's research, together.

Neuoryx welcomes collaboration from researchers, scientists, clinicians, engineers, students, academic institutions, laboratories, patient advocates, and organizations interested in advancing responsible Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative disease research.

We invite contributors from around the world to share expertise, ideas, research methods, datasets, protocols, validation approaches, and collaborative study opportunities that may help strengthen this early-stage scientific initiative.

Neuoryx is a research-only initiative. It is not currently offering diagnostic testing, clinical services, treatment recommendations, or patient-specific medical advice.

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