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Study identifies gene variants which protect older adults from neurodegeneration.

Study identifies gene variants which protect older adults from neurodegeneration. Thoughts health innovators?

The standard model of natural selection predicts that once the age of reproduction ends, individuals die. That’s because selection early in life strongly favors variants that benefit reproductive success, even at the cost of negative consequences late in life, one major reason humans age. This is indeed the case in almost all vertebrates. Humans are an exception to this rule, living decades…

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Work begins on turning an ApoE4 Alzheimer's brain into an ApoE2 Alzheimer's brain.

New strategy- Work begins on turning an ApoE4 Alzheimer's brain into an ApoE2 Alzheimer's brain. Thoughts health innovators?

Today, more than 5.1 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating type of dementia that plagues memory and thinking. That number is expected to triple in the coming decades. Moreover, according to a 2012 survey, Americans fear Alzheimer’s more than any other disease.  Alzheimer’s disease is a unique brain disease in that it begins with a very long preclinical development phase,…

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RayBiotech Custom Human ApoE2 ELISA, 5 x 96-Well Strip Microplate Kit ELH-ApoE2-5

RayBiotech Custom Human ApoE2 ELISA, 5 x 96-Well Strip Microplate Kit ELH-ApoE2-5

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Research suggests anti-inflammatory protein, interleukin 10, may trigger plaque in Alzheimer’s disease. Thoughts health innovators? Inflammation has long been studied in Alzheimer's, but in a counterintuitive finding, University of Florida researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which anti-inflammatory processes may trigger the disease.