More grist for the mill...

http://rt.com/usa/157776-gene-iq-cognitive-increase/

"A variant of a common gene already associated with heightened learning and memory could be used to offset effects of cognitive decline associated with the likes of Alzheimer’s, new research suggests.

Roughly one in five people have the genetic trait KL-VS, a variant of the “klotho” gene, according to a research team at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and the Gladstone Institutes."

(I realize rt and vice are not the most reliable of information sources, but google shows these stories carried/interpreted by other sites)