Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture ...
The authors argue that the APOE4 gene variant plays an even more important role than scientists had realized and causes a ...
People with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 are almost certain to get Alzheimer’s, say researchers, who proposed a ...
More than 6 million Americans, and millions more worldwide, have Alzheimer’s. A handful of genes are known to cause rare ...
Having two copies of a gene long believed to increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease may actually be a “new genetic form” of the degenerative neurological disease. That’s according to a new study that ...
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 ...