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November 07, 2013

Eleven new Alzheimer's 'risk genes'


DNADear NI2 students,

Find the news we listened to in class in Words in the News BBC Learning English programme. 

Scientists have identified 11 new genes linked to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The discovery was brought about by the largest study into the disease, and has used information gathered from more than 50,000 people across 15 different countries. 
For more practice, fill-in-the-blanks exercise.

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