Researchers identify genetic marker of aggressive Alzheimer's disease
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 20:28
in Health & Medicine
An international team of Alzheimer's disease experts has uncovered a gene variation that appears to predict the rate at which Alzheimer's disease will progress. Whereas previous studies have focused on factors that influence the risk for Alzheimer's, the new research points to a way to determine how rapidly Alzheimer's patients may develop full-blown dementia.