Unseen Upside S4:EP2 Living Longer But Losing Our Minds: The Alzheimer’s Emergency

Published on February 6, 2024

Thanks to medical advances, we're living longer lives but with that comes rising rates of Alzheimer's. Currently, 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and that could triple by 2050. This episode explores emerging innovations offering hope against neurodegenerative diseases. We'll discuss promising new drugs that could slow or reverse cognitive decline and the strides scientists are making towards understanding causes and developing therapies—and how these breakthroughs are giving hope to one family fighting to save their mother. Guests include Dr. Asa Abeliovich (Leal Therapeutics); Carl Gordon (OrbiMed); Ham Lee (Cambridge Associates); and Randi Casciano (Cambridge Associates).

 

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