The best understood risk gene, with the largest effect on Alzheimer’s risk is called APOE. Everyone carries two copies of the gene, one inherited from each parent. There are three different versions ...

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the only rate-limiting enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Rapidly proliferating cells require metabolites from PPP to synthesize ribonucleotides ...

Having a parent or sibling with diabetes does mean you are more likely to develop it yourself. But diabetes isn't just caused by genetics. Having a relative with the disease doesn't guarantee you will ...

There can be many different strategies for handling an inheritance.Credit: Simon Letch Spending on essential maintenance or renovations is acceptable, if necessary, but you may not need to spend ...

Our Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS) accreditation is a best practice quality mark for wills and estate administration advice. WIQS can help to minimise your practice’s risk of claims and ...

There are differences in handling a spousal Inherited Roth 401(k) versus an inherited Traditional 401(k). When you have a Roth 401(K), you likely will need to address the Roth savings and the 401 ...

Under current rules, gifts made to family members are completely free from inheritance tax if the donor lives for seven years after making them. However, if the donor dies within three years, the gift ...

The Government's plan to make pensions liable for inheritance tax has upset a lot of families' plans to protect estates from the taxman. Its intention to levy inheritance tax on death benefits too ...