Gene protects against dementia in high-risk individuals, study finds
Posted on December 30th, 2010 by tel
Gene protects against dementia in high-risk individuals, study finds
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Neuroscientists had assumed that a mutation in the progranulin gene, which makes the progranulin protein and supports brain neurons, was sufficient to produce a kind of dementia known as frontotemporal lobar degeneration. But now an international team of scientists has found another genetic factor they say appears to protect against the disorder in progranulin mutation carriers.
Sourced from: ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News
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