First large-scale stem cell bank created to investigate Alzheimer’s genetic risk factors
Justitie
International Society for Stem Cell Research Jul 4 2025 Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common, debilitating neurodegenerative disease affecting about 10 percent of people over the age of 65 and one third of people aged 85 and above. Besides environmental factors, the genes have a strong influence on whether or not a person develops AD during their lifetime. Through genome sequencing of DNA from large groups of healthy people and people with AD, some naturally occurring small changes in the DNA,
din zilele anterioare