A study led by researchers at Monash University has opened up new hope for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older people and, as there are no effective treatments, is one of the leading contributors to the global disease burden.
Various genes have been implicated in the changes that happen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. What is not known is how the activity of the genes—called gene expression—affects the many different cells of the brain.
The study, led by Monash University’s Professor Jose Polo, from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and…
