1st Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial: Thwarting the Brain’s Betrayal
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English - October 26, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsLife Sciences Science Health & Fitness Medicine coronavirus covid virus biopharmaceuticals biotech patients biotechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The first clinical study dedicated to preventing Alzheimer’s disease is now in its late stages. The participants are 300 members of the same Colombian family with a rare gene mutation that gives them a 100 percent chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Armed with this new data, could neuroscientists be closing in on an elusive breakthrough to defeat neurodegeneration?