Major Alzheimer's risk gene causes alterations in shapes of brain protein deposits

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 14:28 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have used a newly discovered class of biomarkers to investigate the possibility that the shape of brain protein deposits is different in people with Alzheimer's who have the highest-risk gene type than in those with the condition who have a neutral risk gene type.

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