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Alzheimer's disease diagnosed 100 years ago today

11-03-2006 · EurekAlert!

One hundred years after the first diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease Nov. 3, 1906, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, are focusing on neuroscience, immunology and vaccine research to better understand how AD develops and progresses as well as to advance the treatment and prevention of this progressive brain disorder. AD, which currently affects 20 million Americans, gradually destroys memory and the ability to learn, reason, make judgments and communicate.

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