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Researchers have identified nine genes that might make people more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. They confirmed earlier reports that a variation in the vitamin D3 receptor gene, on chromosome 12, might also increase risk for Alzheimer’s. Low levels of vitamin D have been found in people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, leading researchers to…

Two defining features of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain are amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (tau). The plaques contain a protein called amyloid-beta, while the tangles are made of a protein called tau. The current, widely accepted amyloid hypothesis regards Alzheimer’s as being due to plaque deposits, whereas the tau hypothesis links the disease to…