New Gene Thought to Be Cause in Early-Onset Forms of Alzheimer’s Disease

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A new gene that causes early-onset of Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by the research team of Dominique Campion at the Insert unit 1079 “Genetics of cancer and neuropsychiatric diseases” in Rouen. The research scientists showed that in the families of 5 of 14 patients suffering from the disease, mutations were detected on the gene SORL1. This gene regulates the production of a peptide involved in Alzheimer’s disease.

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