The Alzheimer’s gene as a target!

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As a first step, a team is testing whether it’s possible to stop or slow tau-driven neuron loss and inflammation by lowering ApoE in the early life of laboratory rodents. This scheme mimics a human scenario better than the recent study, which analyzed mice that express or lack APOE from birth. “The implication here, with the recent tau findings, is that you’d really block the neurodegeneration that leads to cognitive decline,” Holtzman says.

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Too good to be true

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ALZHEIMER’S can be prevented simply by switching off the TV and going for a brisk walk or jog and lowering your blood pressure, according to new research.

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Change these five habits to fight Alzheimer’s

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If everyone in the United States added just one healthy habit, it might prevent or delay a million cases of Alzheimer’s disease that would otherwise be expected to occur over five years, says psychiatrist Gary Small, MD, director of the UCLA Longevity Center.

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