This New Alzheimer’s Test Looks Beyond a Single Problem Gene
This New Alzheimer’s Test Looks Beyond a Single Problem Gene
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 11, 201710m 2s
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Show Notes
America is entering a period that may one day be known as The Great Forgetting. Alzheimer’s, a disease defined as much by the accumulation of mental lapses as by tangled proteins in the brain, is an ailment of the aging. Sixty-five-year-olds have a one in 10 chance of a positive diagnosis. By age 85, the odds jump to one in three.
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