CHICAGO (Reuters) - People with a specific genetic variation develop Alzheimer's disease at a faster rate than others, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a finding that may help in the search for drugs to keep the disease at bay.
They said a mutation of a gene that regulates tau -- a protein linked with Alzheimer's -- had a strong impact on the rate at which the disease progresses.
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