A new approach to genome sequencing newly identifies 13 rare gene variants potentially associated with Alzheimer’s. Dr. Rudy Tanzi, vice chair of neurology and…
Super-agers don’t develop the key biomarkers of Alzheimer’s, even in their 80s and 90s. Scientists try to crack the code about what protects their…
Being Patient editors round up a selection of our top reader submissions and Patient Perspectives of 2020. Stories from the Being Patient Community Eugenia…
“CRISPR-Cas9 is … a readily available, highly specific, and cost-effective technology that has unquestionably changed what is possible in the investigation and potential treatment…
The largest African American genome-wide association study to date has revealed new race-based genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is more prevalent among Black…
While researchers have known that the ApoE4 genetic variant is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, this finding is largely…
Researchers in Germany studied the effects of ApoE4, the best known genetic factor for Alzheimer’s Disease, on the brains of 82 young adults —…