by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAlzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to...
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Veterans with Blast Injuries Show Spinal Fluid Changes Similar to Alzheimer’s
Veterans with traumatic brain injuries show spinal fluid alterations resembling those in Alzheimer’s patients. University of Washington School of Medicine Credit: Benjamin Faust / Unsplash. U.S. veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who suffered mild traumatic brain injury from exposure to explosive blasts were found to have changes in cerebrospinal fluid proteins that...
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What Are Polygenic Scores and Why Are They Important?
Leo P. Sugrue, MD, PhD1; Rahul S. Desikan, MD, PhD1,2 Author AffiliationsArticle Information JAMA. Published online April 8, 2019. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.3893 Mendelian disorders and monogenic traits result from combinations of variants in 1 or a few genes that have a large effect on the propensity for developing a certain disease or characteristic. In contrast, complex traits, such as eye color or cardiovascular disease, are determined by...