60 MINUTES on “The Alzheimer’s Laboratory”

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–60 Min­utes cor­re­spon­dent Les­ley Stahl with mem­bers of the Colom­bian fam­i­ly. Cour­tesy CBS NEWS

Quick heads-up: CBS’ 60 MINUTES had a great sto­ry yes­ter­day, titled The Alzheimer’s Lab­o­ra­to­ry, focused on a very unique research study based on a very unique Colom­bian family:

Antio­quia is home to the largest con­cen­tra­tion in the world of peo­ple who car­ry a rare genet­ic muta­tion that makes them 100 per­cent cer­tain to devel­op Alzheimer’s dis­ease. And as dev­as­tat­ing as Alzheimer’s is any­where, this is a par­tic­u­lar­ly cru­el ver­sion — it strikes when peo­ple are in their mid-40s and leads to death about a decade lat­er. It is a trag­ic sit­u­a­tion, but a per­fect sci­en­tif­ic lab­o­ra­to­ry. And it’s now the cen­ter of a mul­ti­mil­lion dol­lar, NIH-backed study try­ing to find out for the first time whether Alzheimer’s dis­ease may be preventable.

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