The two largest studies of Alzheimer's disease, an international
analysis of genes of more than 50,000 people, have led to the
discovery of five new genes that make the disease more likely in
the elderly and provide tantalizing clues about what might start
Alzheimer’s going and fuel its progress in a person’s brain. The
new genes add to a possible theme: so far genes that increase
Alzheimer’s risk in the elderly tend to be involved with
cholesterol and with inflammation. They also may be used to
transport molecules inside cells. Is the human brain, with all
its problem-solving prowess and creative ability, powerful
enough to understand itself? Nothing in the known universe (with
the exception of the universe itself) is more complex; the brain
contains about 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons, each of
which can communicate with thousands of other brain cells. ABOUT
THIS REPORT 2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures provides
a statistical resource for U.S. data related to Alzheimer's
Disease, the most comm