Professor Matthew Kiernan
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It's a new test.
Yes.
Relatively.
No, it's a new test.
And apolipoprotein is one of... It turns out there's lots of different types.
There's lots of different forms.
You know, one, two, three, four, five.
Four is the critical one, but...
These apolipoproteins help other processes, other nutrients come in and out of cells.
But the issue about apolipoprotein E4 is that it is involved in the removal of amyloid and plaques.
So if you have higher numbers or manifestations of that, the breakdown of amyloid in the brain is not as good.
So that makes you more prone to Alzheimer's disease.
So amyloid and tau are proteins in the brain that are linked to a specific form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease.
Is that right?
That's the most common.
And that's the sort of the center of memory function in our human brain.
But it doesn't have to be there.
It could also be some people start losing their vision.
So it could be in the occipital region.
It can be lots of different parts of the brain.