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1st Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial: Thwarting the Brain’s Betrayal
FromI AM BIO
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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?
Released:
Oct 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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