Alzheimer’s disease involves the development of plaques of a protein called beta-amyloid. New research has found that the immune system can target and remove these plaques in mice. The work suggests that boosting the activity of certain types of immune cells could help prevent the disease. Recent work in mice suggested that the immune system… [Continue Reading]
Alcohol Addiction Linked to Genetic Variation
June 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Alcohol addiction has been linked to a certain type of genetic variation, in which certain genes are duplicated. These differences between individuals are called copy number variations. A new study has found that variation in the number of genes of a certain region of the genome is linked to alcoholism, bringing new biological insights on… [Continue Reading]