Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer's

Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 11:07 in Health & Medicine

MIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and a gene previously implicated in the aging process, SIRT1.

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