Dementia in the DNA
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, which currently affects over 46.8 million people across the world today. The ApoE4 varient of apoliprotein E (ApoE) is recognised at one of the most prominent genetic risk factors for dementia due to its implication with Alzheimer’s contributing factors, and is now screened for by the medical industry. Randox Laboratories has produced its Biochip Arrow Technology (BAT) platform to allow the direct identification of ApoE4 through simultaneous chemiluminescent sandwich immunoassays, which can also be performed by the company’s Evidence series of biochip analysers.