A major analysis of genetic data has linked 127 gene locations to Alzheimer’s disease, including 48 previously unidentified ones. Researchers also flagged several genes as promising drug targets and highlighted changes in immune and nerve cells.
The study examined genome information from nearly 110,000 people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and 74,000 others who had a parent with the condition. It compared these against data from 2.6 million people without the disease. This effort identified 127 associated gene locations, 48 of which are new findings.
