Protective Alzheimer’s Gene Variant Discovered

Sometimes going against the grain produces positive results, and scientific research is no exception. This is the approach that a collaborative team of investigators, led by scientists at Brigham Young University (BYU), took while searching for novel treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD)."Instead of identifying genetic variants that are causing disease, we wanted to identify genetic variants that are protecting people from developing disease," explained lead study investigator Perry Ridg