For nearly a quarter-century, researchers have struggled to understand how apolipoprotein E modifies risk for Alzheimer’s disease. A new study offers a beguilingly simple explanation: ApoE elevates ...

Part 2 of a two-part series. Click here for Part 1. It turns out a person’s risk associated with ApoE4 goes beyond Alzheimer’s and vascular disease. This apolipoprotein allele can also worsen ...

People with harmful forms of the APOE gene have up to 12 times the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared with those who have other variations of the gene. For years, researchers have thought ...