CONFERENCE COVERAGE 2011-07-26 Conference Coverage Download a PDF of this report. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene alleles are the strongest genetic modulators of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. Some 60 percent of AD individuals carry at least one copy of the ApoE4 variant.
RESEARCH NEWS 2011-07-26 Research News Now that they can make induced pluripotent stem cells from anyone, scientists are near-giddy with excitement over the potential to model diseases in cell lines, as well as someday correct genetic mutations in people (see ARF news series). Bu
RESEARCH NEWS 2011-07-26 Research News Sifting through the sequence of all the coding bits of the genome, two independent groups have identified a new mutation that causes Parkinson’s disease. The mutation sits in the gene for vacuolar protein sorting 35 (VPS35), altering its par
WEBINAR 2011-07-26 Alzforum has been pleased to partner with the journal Science Translational Medicine in hosting a Webinar discussion of a new Alzheimer’s disease research study published 29 June 2011. The journal generously granted free access to Castellano et al. for Al