MIAMI: Studying genes in young children could show early indications of who may be at risk for dementia in the future, new research suggests.
The gene that increases Alzheimer’s risk could start having an effect in early childhood.
Tests showed a gene that increases risk of the incurable disease could start having an effect in early childhood.
Scientists believe the higher-risk APOE4 gene has a destructive influence on cognitive development “at the extremes of age”.
The findings come from a landmark study that saw 1,187 children and young adults aged between three and 20 undergo a series of scans and memory tests…