Rare genomic mutations found in 10 families with early-onset, familial Alzheimer’s disease
Although a family history of Alzheimer’s disease is a primary risk factor for the devastating neurological disorder, mutations in only three genes – the amyloid precursor protein and presenilins 1 and 2 – have been established as causative for inherited, early-onset Alzheimer’s, accounting for about half of such cases. Now Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers […]
