Like crime suspects yanked from a police lineup and held for additional questioning, several human chromosomes now face intensified scrutiny for possibly harboring genes involved in Alzheimer’s disease. New data from a genome-screening study suggest that portions of at least nine chromosomes may be implicated in the development of the disease.
Inherited traits account for a portion of any person’s risk of Alzheimer’s, says Rudolph E.
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