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Alzheimer’s genetic link breakthrough for Qld researchers – Daily Examiner
Queensland researchers have found genetic links between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease, but their finding comes with a catch.
Queensland researchers have found genetic links between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease.
But a DNA analysis of hundreds of thousands of people by the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has found no genetic evidence that hearing loss actually causes Alzheimer’s disease.
Geneticist Michelle Lupton said both traits shared genetic markers associated with inflammation and immune response in the brain.
“What we didn’t find was a causal relationship – the genetic changes that cause heari…
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