“Mary Emma, Nanny had Alzheimer’s, too,” Aunt Bess remarked about my maternal grandmother after my mom and Auntie, her sister, developed this disease.
This was something new to me.  I’d become caregiver for Auntie after Aunt Bess (their brother’s wife) and Mother could no longer care for Auntie.   Then Mother developed the disease and become my care, too.
Aunt Bess and her husband had lived in an apartment of the family farmhouse for nearly 50 years.  She had helped care for Nanny in her latter years.   However, I never recalled Nanny having symptoms like Mother and Auntie.  So I was puzzled when …read more

With the post, Genetic Engineering in Mice May Aid Alzheimer’s Research, Alzheimer’s Notes appeared at Genie Genie in Mendel’s Garden, hosted by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, at Eye on DNA.
Here I shared news about mice that were genetically engineered to lack the Cdk5 enzyme.  Researchers think this may help them in Alzheimer’s discoveries.

Learn more about recent research into possible causes of Alzheimer’s as related to genetics.  Over at the Genetics & Health blog, Dr. Hsien Hsien Lei has posted information about the SORL1 Gene and Alzheimer’s Disease. 
This topic has been in the news recently, and  Dr. Lei refers to information in the New York Times.