US EditionSuperagers Have at Least Two Key Genetic Advantages, Study Reveals
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Two key genetic factors have been identified that can protect from Alzheimer's so-called "super elderly" people, i.e. people over 80 years of age who maintain...
Overcompanies are people 80 years of age or older whose cognitive function is comparable to those of 20 or 30 years younger people.
Study Finds So-Called Super Agers Tend to Have at Least Two Key Genetic Advantages
The gene variant posing the greatest genetic risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is called APOE-ε4. A different variant of the same gene, APOE-ε2, is thought to confer protection against AD. A comparatively large study reported Jan. 16 in Alzheimer's & Dementia, The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, measures the frequency of APOE-ε4 and APOE-ε2 in so-called super agers -- …
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