Shannon Risacher, Indiana University (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Shannon Risacher, Indiana University

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Research by Shannon Risacher, Ph.D., of Indiana University School of Medicine, and colleagues indicates that the best-known genetic variant linked to Alzheimer's disease may be 'at work' promoting deposits of plaque in the brain long before any symptoms of the disease can be measured on tests.

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Indiana University School of Medicine

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