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Association Of Rs75932628 (R47h) With Vascular Dementia In The Cache County Study, Emily Sears, Dr. John Kauwe
Association Of Rs75932628 (R47h) With Vascular Dementia In The Cache County Study, Emily Sears, Dr. John Kauwe
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Vascular dementia (VaD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by atherosclerosis, or inadequate blood flow to the brain as a result of the build-up of fat deposits, dead cells, or other cell debris on the inside of arteries. It shortens the lifespan of those affected, and severely impairs their quality of life. VaD is the second most common form of dementia, after Alzheimer’s disease, accounting for 20-30% of dementia cases. Thus far the risk factors that have been determined are non-specific to the brain: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar (Roman et. al 2003). There has not been …
Association Of Rare Genetics Variants To The Protection Of Alzheimer’S Disease In The Cache County Data Set, Josue David Gonzalez Murcia, John Kauwe
Association Of Rare Genetics Variants To The Protection Of Alzheimer’S Disease In The Cache County Data Set, Josue David Gonzalez Murcia, John Kauwe
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the top 10 causes of death in the world and the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, with 5.5 million people diagnosed with the disease. Alzheimer’s cannot be cured, prevented or slowed. Most research with Alzheimer’s disease has been done on SNPs that have a relatively high frequency in the population this has helped facilitate researchers in finding a broad genetic pathway in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (Naj et al. 2011; Harold et al. 2009). Our research will focus on a very rare SNP, with a much lower frequency than previously …