Alzheimer’s ‘genetic clock’ model offers timeline for disease onset in families

A group of researchers in the lab of Prof. Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) has unraveled the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer’s Disease development and revealed how specific mutations act as a clock to predict the disease age of onset. These insights, published in Molecular Neurodegeneration, could aid clinicians to improve early diagnosis and tailor treatment strategies.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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