| Journals Medical Newsletter for Sunday January 18, 2026 ( 1 items ) |
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Study finds so-called super agers tend to have at least two key genetic advantages
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release:
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Study finds so-called super agers tend to have at least two key genetic advantages
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The gene variant posing the greatest genetic risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is called APOE-e4. A different variant of the same gene, APOE-e2, is thought to confer protection against AD.
A comparatively large study reported Jan. 16 in Alzheimer's & Dementia, The Journal of the Alzheime
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