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Investigators expand Alzheimer’s disease genetics research with a focus on people in the U.S. with African ancestry

August 12, 2021 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, with colleagues from multiple research centers, will study the genomics of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in people with African heritage throughout the United States.

Story of jailed 17th-century Iberian “mulatto pilgrim” told in new book by John K. Moore Jr.

June 12, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

The book tells the story of a man jailed for impersonating a priest in 1693 Spain, when he was likely trying to escape racial persecution. It gives readers a fascinating look at a centuries-old legal case against a man on pilgrimage and shows how Iberians of black-African ancestry faced discrimination and mistreatment.

Genetic Variant Largely Found in Patients of African Descent Increases Risk for Heart Failure

December 10, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

A genetic variant in the gene transthyretin (TTR) is a more significant cause of heart failure than previously believed. The study also revealed that a disease caused by this genetic variant, called hereditary transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, is significantly underdiagnosed.