Identifying the APOE e4 variant of the gene could help medical professionals to better target treatments for women going through menopause. Dr Ainara Jauregi-Zinkunegi, a post-doctoral ...

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Women taking HRT without the APOE e4 variant as well as those with gene but not on HRT had similar levels of this molecule. But in women where HRT and the APOE e4 variant were combined ...