Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have “identified new genetic risk factors for two types of non-Alzheimer’s dementia.” Sonja W. Scholz, MD, PhD, explains that “From a genetics standpoint, this is a very exciting finding. It provides a point of reference for cell biology and animal model studies and possibly down the road, a target for intervention.” The team discovered several structural variants that could be risk factors for Lewy body dementia (LBD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The project was a collaborative effort between scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH.