and the cause is in the genes.” The idea involves a gene variant called APOE4. Scientists have long known that inheriting one copy of the variant increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s ...
For more than 30 years, Alzheimer’s researchers have thought of APOE4 as ... that this gene variant plays an even more important role than scientists had realized and causes a distinct form ...
Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than ... than has been previously understood. Before APOE4, the only gene changes recognized to cause Alzheimer’s were associated with early ...
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 ...
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 ...
Genes known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s may actually be an ... s patients carry two copies of APOE4, meaning those cases “can be tracked back to a cause and the cause is in the genes ...
APOE4 gene mutation may play a more significant role in ... "Sometimes we say that we don’t know the cause of Alzheimer’s disease," but he stated that roughly 15-20% of cases "can be traced ...