For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers have studied how work, volunteering and leisure activities ...

The APOE region or locus is a segment of DNA with several genes in close apposition, including APOE. Its boundaries are not strictly defined, spanning a stretch between 0.2 and 10 Mb long. In 5’ to 3’ ...

But there's something more that puts women at higher risk. A particular gene, known as APOE-4. "People who had the bad version, the E4 version are at significantly higher risk," said Huey.

Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez of Harvard Medical School praised the results. “Ye’s group has now provided compelling evidence showing increased binding affinity of ApoE3 Christchurch for tau and its ...