Abstract
The current research revealed a correlation between the presence of the Apo E4 gene and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (2004), found that Apo E4 produced by neurons in parts of the brain vulnerable to Alzheimer’s are susceptible to fragmentation. These fragments then lead to abnormal attachments of phosphate groups to brain cells which contort the shape. This finding suggested there may be something in these neurons that when coupled with Apo E4 resulted in the development of Alzheimer’s. If this is the true cause of Alzheimer’s, perhaps inhibiting drugs may be developed to prevent fragmentation of Apo E4. Future studies are needed to determine why fragmentation occurs, why it occurs in some areas and not others, if fragmentation is preventable and whether or not Alzheimer’s will develop if fragmentation is prevented.
Literature Review
Greer (2002), describes the usefulness of genetic testing for......
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