Alzheimer's Gene - Scientists May Have Found It

It is possible that scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it. Researchers say that form of the gene appears to hamper a brain cell's ability to take in calcium. If drugs can be found that reverse its effect, they may be useful in fighting Alzheimer's. Wouldn't that be fantastic? It seems that most cases of Alzheimer's appears after age 65 and so far, only one gene has been firmly established as affecting the risk of this late-onset version of the disease. The gene proposed in the new study, called CALHM1, appears to have a much smaller impact on the disease risk. It seems more and more people that I know are getting Alzheimers and some are younger than 65.