14 new gene targets in Alzheimer suffers identified

January 10, 2014

Researchers have identified fourteen genes that could be implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, and one gene in particular shows the importance that inflammation may play in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients. The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute in collaboration with scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) produced stem cells and neural precursor cells (NPCs), representing early neural progenitor cells that build the brain, from patients with severe early-onset AD with mutations in the Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) gene. (Business Standard)