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Alzheimer's disease: The forgetting gene

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For decades, most researchers ignored the leading genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. That is set to change.

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Spinney, L. Alzheimer's disease: The forgetting gene. Nature 510, 26–28 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/510026a

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