Alzheimer's: Is the Cure in the Genes?

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By 2050, as our population ages, 15 million Americans will suffer from Alzheimer's disease – triple today's number. Researchers at San Francisco's Gladstone Institutes have found that a gene may hold the key to a cure.

Air Date: Tuesday, Apr 8 2008 at 12:00PM
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