Missing Alzheimer's gene found
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A team led by molecular geneticists Gerard Schellenberg and Rudolph Tanzi have identified a gene that accounts for up to 20% of familial Alzheimer's disease cases. The gene, located on chromosome 1, is highly homologous to a gene on chromosome 14 that accounts for the other 80% of familial Alzheimer's.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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New Alzheimer's gene found
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An international research team led by Peter St George-Hyslop claims to have found a gene responsible for 80% of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease cases. The gene, S182, located on chromosome 14, may be involved in protein transport within cells and should reveal clues to the disease's cause.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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A mitochondrial Alzheimer's gene?
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Researchers Robert Davis and W Davis Parker found high incidence of mutated cytochrome oxidase, a mitochondrial enzyme, in Alzheimer's disease patients. The finding supports the suspected link between poor energy metabolism and neurodegeneration, and may lead to a diagnostic test for the disease.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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