Authored by: Kanae Funabiki Art by: Caitlin Sweeney “Would you rather have Alzheimer’s or skin cancer?” This sounds like an impossible theoretical question, like choosing between the ability to fly or to turn invisible. In reality, you don’t get a choice, and you probably wouldn’t want one either. But what if I told you that Alzheimer’s and cancer are both influenced and shaped by the exact same gene? Meet the gene Apolipoprotein E (ApoE), a lipoprotein responsible for regulating cholesterol...