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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows ...

People carrying at least one APOE4 allele have a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease. People who carry two alleles have the highest risk, leading some researchers to suggest that APOE4 homozygotes have ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia and most often affects individuals older than 60. Image: PSJ Design ...

A single gene could be responsible for more than 90 per cent of Alzheimer's disease cases, new research found today.

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

Two variants in a single gene are implicated in almost all Alzheimer’s and nearly half of all dementia cases, according to ...