By Emma YasinskiOriginal Source: the-scientist.comSome genetic risk factors for alcohol use disorder overlap with those for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, scientists reported in Nature Communications on August 20. The study, which relied on a combination of genetic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic data, also offers insight into the molecular commonalities among these disorders, and their connections to immune disfunction.“By meshing findings from genome wide association studies . . . with gene expression in brain and other tissues, this new study has...click here to continue reading
