To date, scientists have identified 32 genetic mutations associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, with BYU contributing to many of those discoveries. Finding those links is important foundational research, but it has been extremely challenging to figure out exactly how these genetic variants affect human biology and actually change risk for disease.
A new interdisciplinary study published in Scientific Reports authored by five BYU professors and five BYU students has done just that, discovering in the lab the specific differences caused by a gene mutation linked to…
