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Down-Alzheimer’s link

By John Lloyd on Jul. 7, 2006.

In “New Clues to Down Syndrome-Alzheimer’s Link,” Greg Miller of ScienceNOW Daily News reports about progress made in understanding the how one of the extra genes present among people with Down Syndrome may be involved in the development of plaque and other signs of Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s disease, a dreaded specter for many elderly, is far more likely to strike individuals with Down syndrome. Now, a study with a mouse model of Down syndrome may explain why. The work hints at potential targets for future drugs that fend off dementia–in people with Down syndrome and in the general population too.

Link to Mr. Miller’s story.