Researchers discover over 40 new genetic markers for Alzheimer’s disease - News-Medical.Net

A new Nature Genetics study describes over 70 gene markers that appear to be significantly associated with AD risk using translational genomics.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is among the most common and distressing of dementia disorders. It is estimated that 60% to 80% of AD is heritable, which has driven a considerable amount of research to iden… [+9418 chars]

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