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 —…
As many as one third of dementia cases may be preventable with lifestyle changes, but a recent survey finds that many Americans are not…
New research has uncovered proteins coded by genes of the female sex chromosome that may explain why women are more resilient to the disease….
Can a gene that naturally suppresses Alzheimer’s in brain cells pave the way to curing it? In 2012, excitement rippled through the scientific community…
A research team at the Korea Brain Research Institute discovered, for the first time, an increased specific expression of the Ube2h gene in the…