Scientists are starting to unravel the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s
A gene variant called APOE4 dramatically increases the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Now, emerging research is revealing APOE4’s true role in the condition, and a new study pinpoints a possible way to treat it. Historically, scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease have focused on two proteins that accumulate in patients’ […]
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