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Blood condition linked to protection against Alzheimer’s
Author Christopher Vaughan
Published on June 23, 2023
Stanford Medicine researchers have found that a common blood condition associated with several diseases may have a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease.
In the condition, clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, certain blood stem cells acquire mutations that strengthen their ability to survive and multiply. As a result, the mutant cells dominate, and just a few cells can give rise to much or even all of the body's blood and immune cells. In most cases of CHIP, a dominant blood stem cell gives rise to between 4% and 30% of blood and immune cells...
https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/06/23/blood-condition-linked-to-protection-against-alzheimers/
Author Christopher Vaughan
Published on June 23, 2023
Stanford Medicine researchers have found that a common blood condition associated with several diseases may have a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease.
In the condition, clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, certain blood stem cells acquire mutations that strengthen their ability to survive and multiply. As a result, the mutant cells dominate, and just a few cells can give rise to much or even all of the body's blood and immune cells. In most cases of CHIP, a dominant blood stem cell gives rise to between 4% and 30% of blood and immune cells...
https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/06/23/blood-condition-linked-to-protection-against-alzheimers/