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The Alzheimer's Laboratory, Part 1.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- 60 Minutes ; July 9, 2017
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Institutes of Health.
- Mental Health.
- Medical Technology.
- Drugs and Medications.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Genetics.
- Medellin, Antioquia.
- Local Subjects:
- United States. National Institutes of Health.
- Mental Health.
- Medical Technology.
- Drugs and Medications.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Genetics.
- Medellin, Antioquia.
- Genre:
- News story
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A report on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) supported study, attempting to discover whether Alzheimer's disease may be preventable. The world's largest concentration of people with a rare genetic mutation which causes early onset Alzheimer's is found in Antioquia, Colombia. Scientists have taken a group of volunteers from this population, a group which will take an immunotherapy drug to remove amyloid plaque. The intervening years will offer researchers a chance to ascertain whether or not the drug has halted the disease in its tracks. Results aren't expected until 2021. Includes interviews with: family volunteering for Alzheimer study in Antioquia, Colombia identified by first names only: Freddie, Cecilia, Victor, Sara, and Julio (through translator); Dr. Francisco Lopera, neurologist at the University of Antioquia; Lucia Madrigal, Dr. Lopera's former nurse (through translator); Ken Kosik, neurologist and professor in neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Dr. Pierre Tariot, director of Banner Alzheimer's Institute; Dr. Claudia Kawas, Alzheimer's researcher and clinician at the University of California Irvine; and Dr. Eric Reiman, executive director of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute. Also includes comments by: Norm (only identified by first name), Alzheimer's patient.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 16, 2024).
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