Rudolph Tanzi

Biography

In 1980, Professor Tanzi was on the team with Dr. James Gusella that found the Huntington‘s disease gene and subsequently has found four genes that are implicated in familial Alzheimer‘s disease. Dr Tanzi has investigated the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease since 1982, and co-discovered the three genes which cause early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease. In 1980, Professor Tanzi was on the team with Dr. James Gusella that found the Huntington‘s disease gene and subsequently has found four genes that are implicated in familial Alzheimer‘s disease. Dr Tanzi has investigated the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease since 1982, and co-discovered the three genes which cause early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease.

Research Interest

Over the past eight years, much of Professor Tanzi‘s research has centered around two genes known as the “presenilins”, mutations which account for up to half of early-onset familial Alzheimer‘s disease.