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In Preventing Alzheimer’s, Mutation May Aid Drug Quest
Posted by Ronald M. Podell, M.D. in Alzheimer's with 0 Comments
Jon Gustafsson
By GINA KOLATA
Published: July 11, 2012
A study of a rare gene mutation that protects people against Alzheimer’s disease provides the strongest evidence yet that excessive levels of a normal brain substance, beta amyloid, are a driving force in the disease — bolstering hopes that anti-amyloid drugs already under development might alter the disease’s course or even prevent it.
Posted on May 15, 2012 by 
Scientists have identified factors that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s. The most important risk factors—age, family history and heredity — can’t be changed, but emerging evidence suggests there may be other factors we can influence.
