Study Suggests Genetics as a Cause, Not Just a Risk, for Some Alzheimers

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By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RbPBIuN
via IFTTT your-feed-science, Alzheimer's Disease, Genetics and Heredity, Research, Disease Rates, Brain, Dementia, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Leqembi (Drug), your-feed-healthcare People with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 are almost certain to get Alzheimer’s, say researchers, who proposed a framework under which such patients could be diagnosed years before symptoms.

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