A gene variant triples the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease — fat buildup in brain cells may be to blame, study finds | Picower Institute

October 19, 2026

LiveScience: A gene variant triples the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease — fat buildup in brain cells may be to blame

Two panels show round cerebral organoids, which appear as a dense tangle of pink strands speckled with bright yellow dots. The one on the right, labeled "+Gsk3b inhibition" has much more of the pink strands than the one on the left, labeled "APOE4 myelinoid"

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LiveScience covers Alzheimer's research in the lab of Li-Huei Tsai

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