Variant Form Of Amyloid Beta Hinders Amyloidogenesis And The Development Of Alzheimer’s Disease, Carlo Besta Neurological Institute Study

ScienceDaily (Mar. 18, 2009) — Alzheimer’s disease is the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. It is usually sporadic, but a small proportion of cases are familial, linked to mutations in the Aß precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 or presenilin 2 genes.