{"id":80358,"date":"2018-07-03T19:22:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T02:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/scientists-find-gene-linking-down-syndrome-early-alzheimers"},"modified":"2018-07-03T19:22:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T02:22:22","slug":"scientists-find-gene-linking-down-syndrome-early-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/scientists-find-gene-linking-down-syndrome-early-alzheimers","title":{"rendered":"Scientists find gene linking Down syndrome, early Alzheimer\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-find-gene-linking-down-syndrome-early-alzheimers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>British researchers are zeroing in on genes they believe are responsible for early onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease in people with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2018 \u2014 British researchers are zeroing in on the genes that they believe are responsible for early onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease in people with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The two conditions have long been strongly linked.<\/p>\n<p>The findings \u2014 based on research with mice \u2014 could pave the way for new medicines to prevent Alzheimer\u2019s in people with Down syndrome, and shed light on the development of dementia in the general population, the study authors said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Health_News\/2018\/07\/03\/Scientists-find-gene-linking-Down-syndrome-early-Alzheimers\/8661530651154\/\">https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Health_News\/2018\/07\/03\/Scientists-find-g...530651154\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British researchers are zeroing in on genes they believe are responsible for early onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease in people with Down syndrome. WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2018 \u2014 British researchers are zeroing in on the genes that they believe are responsible for early onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease in people with Down syndrome. The two conditions have long been [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}