Overactive gene that’s connected to Alzheimer’s can better predict the disease and may reveal a path to a cure.
Data analyst Riccardo Calandrelli and UCSD bioengineering professor Sheng Zhong are shown in their lab where they examined a gene marker for Alzheimer's Disease. Apr. 1, 2022
Zhong said finding a gene marker for Alzheimer’s means we can better predict the disease and, possibly, find a path to a cure. “It’s like an overshoot of the good guys,” Zhong added. “The good stuff seems to mark an unfortunate disease outcome.”
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