Long-Neglected Gene Plays a Bigger Role in Alzheimer’s Than Suspected, Study Shows | STAT

Nov 14, 2019 | News

Long-Neglected Gene Plays a Bigger Role in Alzheimer’s Than Suspected, Study Shows | STAT

Just days after news that an ultra-rare form of a cholesterol-related gene called APOE protected a Colombian woman from developing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (as one of her other genes supposedly fated her to), a second study is providing even stronger evidence that APOE might be the basis for preventing or treating Alzheimer’s.

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