Science weekly: can we cure Alzheimer's? – podcast
by Presented by Ian Sample and produced by Rowan Slan from on (#2PDGE)
Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people worldwide. But despite decades of research costing hundreds of millions of dollars, we have no cure. Why?
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It was first identified in 1901 by German scientist Alois Alzheimer; today, about 30 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer's disease, a figure that could triple by 2050, according to some estimates.
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