Brain Injury, Mental Decline, and the APOE Gene
Mounting evidence points to brain trauma as a risk factor for mental decline. Football players who’ve had multiple concussions perform worse on tests of brain function and are more likely...
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A Genetic Variant Protective Against Alzheimer’s
Editor’s note: This post has been edited from its original to reflect changes in our product. 23andMe reports on a genetic variant associated with risk for Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease....
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World Alzheimer’s Day
In honor of World Alzheimer’s Day, we’re linking to a few posts and stories about the disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and affects more than...
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Genetics and the Risks from Traumatic Brain Injuries
23andMe founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki talks about new research into genetic factors correlated with risk for degenerative brain disease in response to traumatic brain injury.
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SNPwatch: Large Study Identifies Two More Genetic Variants Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease
Understanding Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia in people 65 years and older, is of the utmost importance as the population of the United States (and many other...
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SNPwatch: Largest Alzheimer’s Genetic Studies To Date Identify Three New Susceptibility Genes
Despite years of effort and millions of dollars in research funding, only one gene, APOE, has been conclusively associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk so far. But now the results...
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