Researchers identify the role of an Alzheimer's disease risk gene in the brain
- Dr. Stephen Thomas
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min read
Date: November 30, 2022
Source: The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Summary: A new study links a gene concentrated in the brain’s cleanup cells, known as microglia, to the inflammation that has increasingly emerged as a key mechanism contributing to Alzheimer’s disease. The findings may offer a new potential target for therapies for the intractable condition.
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