Early Alzheimer’s, the Search for a Cure Begins Within

For a Family With Near-Certainty of Early Alzheimer’s, the Search for a Cure Begins Within

By Odharnait Ansbro

Dr. Francisco Lopera was a young medical resident in Antioquia, Colombia when he encountered his first familial Alzheimer’s patient in the mid 1980s. The patient, a man from a local village, was only 47 years old. Over the next few years, Lopera would meet more and more patients like him—all middle-aged adults with severe memory problems.

Intrigued by this trend, he decided to investigate. What he discovered would revolutionize how science understands familial Alzheimer’s disease and give lead to one of the first Alzheimer’s prevention trials in the world.

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