Largest Ever Alzheimer’s Gene Study Underway

The genetics underlying late-onset Alzheimer’s disease could soon be revealed thanks to a collaboration of leading UK experts. The team, led by scientists at Cardiff University, has received £1.3 million from the Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest medical research charity, to scan the entire human genome in search of the genes that predispose people to or protect them from developing the disease.

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