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Scientists discover a major brain shift between ages 50 and 75

ScienceDailyTuesday, September 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM

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Scientists discover a major brain shift between ages 50 and 75
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Scientists have uncovered sweeping changes in how the human brain controls and organizes its genome beginning in midlife, offering new clues to why aging sharply increases the risk of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Scientists have uncovered sweeping changes in how the human brain controls and organizes its genome beginning in midlife, offering new clues to why aging sharply increases the risk of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Scientists have uncovered sweeping changes in how the human brain controls and organizes its genome beginning in midlife, offering new clues to why aging sharply increases the risk of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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