As someone who’s recently spoken to a genetic counselor about this very issue, this is basically a 180 degree turn.
Now, researchers say APOE4 shouldn’t just be recognized as a risk factor, it should be viewed as an inherited form of the disease, virtually assuring that a person who has two copies will get the biological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease in their brains.
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This isn't really anything new, the paper is just proposing APOE4 homozygous Alzheimer's as a special category.
Not true.
As someone who’s recently spoken to a genetic counselor about this very issue, this is basically a 180 degree turn.
Now, researchers say APOE4 shouldn’t just be recognized as a risk factor, it should be viewed as an inherited form of the disease, virtually assuring that a person who has two copies will get the biological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease in their brains.