Alzheimer's gene slows brain's ability to export toxic protein

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 18:07 in Health & Medicine

The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease slows down the brain's ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found.

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