QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED » Gladstone http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Producer's Notes - Alzheimer's: Is the Cure in the Genes? http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-alzheimers-is-the-cure-in-the-genes/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-alzheimers-is-the-cure-in-the-genes/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:48:40 +0000 Gabriela Quirós http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-alzheimers-is-the-cure-in-the-genes/ By 2050, as our population ages, 15 million Americans will suffer from Alzheimer's disease – triple today's number. There is no cure for Alzheimer's, but several treatments can help alleviate its symptoms, and many research projects aim to understand the disease better and find a way to fight it. In this QUEST story, we visited researchers at San Francisco's Gladstone Institutes, who are looking for a gene that may hold the key to a cure.

There are many others also working in the field. The Alzheimer's Association has information about current treatments available. The National Institute on Aging gives a good overview of what avenues of research are being pursued to better diagnose the disease and find a cure. A team of health professionals at the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center can provide a diagnostic work-up, as well as enroll patients in several ongoing clinical trials.

Watch the "Alzheimer's: Is the Cure in the Genes?" TV Story online, as well as find additional links and resources.

Gabriela Quirós is a Segment Producer for KQED-TV, and is the producer for this story.



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