ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2005--Celera Diagnostics, a joint venture between the Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI) and Celera Genomics Group (NYSE:CRA) of Applera Corporation, today announced the publication of data showing that a novel locus on Chromosome 10 correlates strongly with increased risk for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. These findings will appear in the January 2006 edition of the American Journal of Human Genetics currently available online at: www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v78n1/42855/42855.html
