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Alzheimers gene linked to diabetes

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People with diabetes have a much higher risk of developing Alzheimers.

Scientists have identified a genetic link between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes, a finding they say could open new doors for treating and preventing the disease.It has been known for some time that people with diabetes have a much higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s, but not why this is so.Now, in experiments on worms, researchers found that a known Alzheimer’s gene also plays a role in the way insulin is processed. A key indication of Alzheimers, which can only be seen after death, is the presence of sticky plaques of amyloid protein in decimated portions of patients brains. Its known that mutations in a gene involved in the processing of amyloid protein in Alzheimers which run in families.