NPR series on alzheimer

Alzheimer; News from the web:

NPR is running a series following an Alzheimer case and it provides a good insight in the various aspects of how the disease impacts not only the patients but also the caretakers and family.

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Alzheimer mutations explained

Alzheimer; News from the web:

For the first time, a study reveals exactly how mutations associated with the most common form of inherited Alzheimer’s disease produce the disorder’s devastating effects. The paper upends conventional thinking about the effects of Alzheimer’s-associated mutations in the presenilin genes and provides an explanation for the failure of drugs designed to block presenilin activity.

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