Gene variant in Black patients may raise risk of Alzheimer's

[BeachBum Unreal]

 

[Dave24]

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[88m3]

troubling

 

[Yapdatfool]

 

[the kid]

Thanks for posting this video. My family has dealt with dementia s it’s helpful to hear information about it.

 

[DrBanneker]

Just for some background, this isn't really saying Black Alzheimer's is more less genetic than White Alzheimer's---we don't know yet.

The reason the research was done is that a genetic variant in White populations that increases Alzheimer's risk, a variant of a locus on the APOE gene, does not raise the Alzheimer's risk in a similar fashion in Black populations. If this research is true, this is basically just the APOE for Black folks.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Damn, luckily I don't have any Alzheimer's in my family. Hopefully with things like CRISPR and gene therapy we can beat this.

 

[Black Hans]

Gene variant in black patients? Black patients doesn't equal all black people. That's like talking about sickle cell. Doesn't mean every black person is prone to it.

 

[DrBanneker]

Gene variant in black patients? Black patients doesn't equal all black people. That's like talking about sickle cell. Doesn't mean every black person is prone to it.

I think they mean a specific allele in the Black population that raises the risk of a Black person who carries it of developing Alzheimers.