Alzheimer's gene neutralised in human brain cells for the first time

By News on the Net -- Telegraph —— Bio and Archives April 10, 2018

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Scientists have claimed an important breakthrough in the battle against Alzheimer’s after neutralising the most significant gene responsible for the disease for the first time. A team in California successfully identified the protein associated with the high-risk apoE4 gene and then managed to prevent it damaging human neuron cells.-- More...