New research published in Molecular Neurodegeneration has revealed that mutations in three genes known to cause familial ...

Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) have unraveled the genetic contributions ... specific kinds of mutations and the age of onset for familial Alzheimer’s disease could be useful for ...

This inherited form of the disease tends to strike early—often before the age of 65—and is caused by mutations ... profile could delay the age of onset in familial Alzheimer’s disease ...

A group of researchers in the lab of Prof. Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) have unraveled the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer's Disease development and revealed how specific ...

Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) has unraveled the genetic contributions ... specific kinds of mutations and the age of onset for familial Alzheimer's disease could be useful for doctors ...

An experimental treatment appears to delay Alzheimer’s symptoms in some people genetically ... Louis involves families that pass down rare gene mutations almost guaranteeing they’ll develop ...

Dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease is caused by mutations in genes encoding ... to evaluate whether this drug could delay onset in people who were still asymptomatic.

A young Chinese man diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 19 is demanding that the early causes of the disease be ...

RIKEN researchers have demonstrated the protective effects of a specific genetic mutation against Alzheimer's disease in animals for the first time. This could eventually lead to the development ...

An extended family in that South American country has a devastating genetic variant that triggers early-onset dementia. "They get Alzheimer's at age 45 like clockwork," said Kosik, a professor of ...

Hopkins neuroscientist Richard Huganir is close to finding a potential life-changing treatment for kids with SYNGAP1-related ...