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1998 News Releases


Scientists Discover New Gene Associated with Alzheimer's

February 27, 1998 -- University of Pittsburgh researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Cancer Institute report in the March 1998 issue of Nature Genetics the discovery of a new genetic association with Alzheimer's disease.

  
 
26 National Alzheimer's Disease Centers Collaborate on Study of the Utility of Genetic Testing for Alzheimer's

February 18, 1998 -- Scientists at 26 Alzheimer's Disease Centers have collaborated on a study that concludes that a test for a form of an Alzheimer's-related gene, called ApoE, when administered after an initial clinical evaluation, reduces the number of false positive diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease by approximately 30 percent.

  
 
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