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Cougar Queries: "Our research has helped to discover 19 new genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease."
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them a few simple questions about their work, interests and life. Today we meet Keoni Kauwe, associate professor of biology.
BYU plays major role in discovery of new Alzheimer's risk gene
An international team of researchers reports in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that a rare variant of TREM2, a gene associated with the immune system, is linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s.
BYU research in Nature: Rare gene variants double Alzheimer's risk
BYU researchers — including one undergraduate student — are part of a team that has identified gene variations that double a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
BYU prof part of large team that linked two new genes to Alzheimer’s disease
Brigham Young University biology professor John “Keoni” Kauwe is part of an international research team that reports the existence of two genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the new issue of Nature Genetics.
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Alumni Spotlight: Raya Esplin
Raya recently graduated with a major in bioinformatics and a minor in computer science. She is from Provo, UT and loved the versatility of her major. Students can use it for pre-med, computer science, research prep, or going right into the industry. Raya shared, "you can really tailor the major to your career aspirations." She got a job working full time as a software engineer for a tech company in Provo called Smarty, but is planning on applying to grad schools in the fall for a PhD in evolutionary biology! Her favorite class at BYU was BIO 250 with Byron Adams. To quote her, "I've never felt more intellectually or spiritually enlightened in any other class."
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