Currently there are five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, thus meaning that every 66 seconds someone in the United States develops this memory-snatching disease (). As a matter of fact, Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and kills more than breast and prostate cancer combined (). With these growing statistics, the high stakes of finding a cure is becoming incredibly increased. However, in order for a cure to be discovered the origin of this disease must first be identified. One of this risk factors has to with genetics. This special gene that is a cause for Alzheimer’s is the APOE e4 allele. Therefore, my research question will mainly focus on why does everyone who has the APOE e4 gene in their DNA may be diagnosed later in their life with Alzheimer’s. My thesis statement will identify why and how this life changing mutation in their genetic can alter someone’s future health.
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With this hopefully my research will provide consultation to family members of those who have been already diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This will allow them to take the imitative to get genetic testing to see if they are at risk as well. These people can then be identified as my audience. As for myself, this piece of writing benefits me because it can provide information on this gene mutation that my family members and I might contain due to the fact that we had a family member diagnosed with
With this hopefully my research will provide consultation to family members of those who have been already diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This will allow them to take the imitative to get genetic testing to see if they are at risk as well. These people can then be identified as my audience. As for myself, this piece of writing benefits me because it can provide information on this gene mutation that my family members and I might contain due to the fact that we had a family member diagnosed with