The mutation in another gene delayed the disease by two decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - The man should have gotten Alzheimer’s disease in his early 40s – he had a gene mutation that guaranteed it, or so it seemed.
That tiny area of the brain is a hub for neurons involved in memory, recognition of objects, navigation and time perception. And it is there that scientists believe that Alzheimer’s disease begins.More than 6 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s, a disease that has been notoriously difficult to treat.
If a drug could do what the mutation did, resulting in most people getting Alzheimer’s very late in life, the outcome could be transformative.
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