Study: Alzheimer's disease may be a form of Down Syndrome

Tampa, Florida – A new study suggests Alzheimer's disease may be a form of Down Syndrome.

It also shows the mutant genes that cause Alzheimer's also lead to the creation Down Syndrome cells during the cell division process.

People with Down Syndrome develop memory loss and the cognitive decline of Alzheimer's by age 30 or 40.

The study was conducted by scientists at the Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute and the University of South Florida Suncoast Alzheimer's and Gerontology Center.

You can read more about the experiment results in the journals "Neurobiology of Aging" and "Future Neurology" or at www.ByrdInstitute.org.