04-10-13

A new gene mutation has been identified that nearly doubles African Americans' risk for Alzheimer's disease, a large, government-funded report said Tuesday.

The mutation in the gene ABCA7 is not the first linked to Alzheimer's disease, but its discovery is a major breakthrough in research, suggesting there could be multiple causes of Alzheimer's and therefore multiple ways to treat the most common form of dementia, says the report, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

There is no effective way to prevent, cure or delay Alzheimer's, a neurodegenerative illness that robs people of memory and other cognitive and emotional functions..............

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