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Brain tangles

# brain-tangles - Thursday 12 July, 2012

Rare gene mutation might defend against Alzheimer’s disease

Results from a series of studies into the disease are due to be published this month – with one purporting to have uncovered a gene mutation that stops plaque from forming around the brain.