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Exploring early stage Alzheimer's disease - EurekAlert


Research in nonhuman primates is opening the possibility of testing treatments for the early stages of Alzheimer’s and similar diseases, before extensive brain cell death and dementia set in. A study published June 21 shows up to a six-month window in which disease progress could be tracked and treatments tested in rhesus macaques. 

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