Karen Nuytemans of UF has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to identify genetic factors that contribute to frontotemporal dementia in diverse populations. Detection of genetic variants involved in the development of dementia has not been done in Hispanic/Latino and other diverse populations.
“The vast majority of this research has been done in non-Hispanic, white patients,” Nuytemans said. “Though important for our understanding of disease in general, it leaves a great gap in our knowledge for patients of any other population group; including those representing large minoritized groups in the U.S., such as Hispanics and African Americans.”
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