Headstart On Mind's Decline

N your biological library, known as the brain, there are countless stories stored across billions of shelves. But with age, some sections start to collapse.

- VENNAPUSALA RAMYA

Not suddenly, but slowly and silently over years due to a neurodegenerative condition called Alzheimer's disease. Usually, it is spotted only when the symptoms are too loud to ignore. By then, the damage is already deep. To bridge that gap in diagnostics, Dr Sasidhar Manda, who has over 15 years of research in exosome biology and extracellular vesicles, founded Urvogelbio, a healthtech company developing blood-based diagnostics powered by brain-derived exosomes. This technology can detect neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's five to 15 years before symptoms begin. In a conversation with CE, Dr Sasidhar decodes the technology.

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Can you explain how Urvogelbio addresses gaps in CNS diagnostics and therapeutics?