Scientists say they have identified a rare gene mutation in a Colombian woman, that could be helping protect her from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease | BBC News
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Read moreLong-neglected gene plays a bigger role in Alzheimer’s than suspected, study shows | STAT
Just days after news that an ultra-rare form of a cholesterol-related gene called APOE protected a Colombian woman from developing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (as one of her other genes supposedly fated her to), a second study is providing even stronger...
Read moreWhy Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease | The New York Times
A genetic mutation said she was destined to get Alzheimer’s in her 40s, just like her family members in the Colombian kindred with a rare form of the disease. But remarkably, she experienced no cognitive decline until her 70s....
Read moreNew ASU Center Confronts the Silver Tsunami | ASU
ASU launches Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging with an eye toward caring for an aging population https://asunow.asu.edu/20190424-solutions-asu-center-innovation-healthy-resilient-aging-launch
Read moreAward honors ASU associate dean, David Coon, for dedication to family caregiving
Championing the need for research, programs and support for caregivers has been a passion of David Coon’s for more than three decades. Recently, those efforts were honored in an especially meaningful way by the Arizona Caregiver Coalition. Click here to read...
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