The Science of Alzheimer’s Disease and Prospects for Prevention and Treatment
Date: Monday, November 10th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Great Hall of The Cooper Union (3rd Ave and 7th Street)
Cost: Free
"It is estimated that by 2025, one in five New Yorkers will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or will be caring for someone who is. [Today] Dr. Michael S. Wolfe of the Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will discuss his work in the prevention and treatment of this devastating illness of the mind and body. In 1999, Dr. Wolfe and Dr. Dennis Selkoe discovered the identity of γ-secretase as the protein, presenilin, which causes the most aggressive form of familial Alzheimer’s disease."
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