A new form of Alzheimer's has been discovered: it is linked to a gene, here's who is most at risk thevermilion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thevermilion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Carrying Two APOE4 Genes Signals 'Virtually' Inevitable Alzheimer's Pathology theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Alzheimer's disease, genetic form responsible for 15-20% of cases discovered archyde.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archyde.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Study reveals that almost all individuals with two copies of the APOE4 gene develop signs of Alzheimer's medicalxpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicalxpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Researchers from the Research Area on Neurological Diseases, Neuroscience, and Mental Health at the Sant Pau Research Institute, led by Dr. Juan Fortea, Director of the Memory Unit of the Neurology Service at the same hospital, have found that over 95% of individuals over 65 years old who have two copies of the APOE4 gene -APOE4 homozygotes- show biological characteristics of Alzheimer's pathology in the brain or biomarkers of this disease in cerebrospinal fluid and PET scans.