An estimated 15% of Alzheimer’s patients carry two copies of APOE4, meaning those cases “can be tracked back to a cause and the cause is in the genes,” Fortea said. Until now, genetic forms ...
WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long ...
RESEARCH POINTS TO A CAUSE ... APOE4 genes develops Alzheimer’s symptoms and researchers need to learn why, Sperling cautioned. “It’s not quite destiny,” she said. HOW THE NEW FINDINGS MAY ...