One family's struggle with early dementia may lead us to a cure
Author Robert Kolker's new book, 'The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate and the Quest to End Dementia,' explores a family facing early-onset dementia driven by genetic mutations. The narrative intertwines their personal struggle with the broader medical history of understanding brain impairment.
Why it matters
Studying families with genetic predispositions to early-onset conditions offers critical clues for medical researchers seeking broader cures for age-related dementia.
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While for most people these commandments of healthy living lower the risk of developing dementia with advancing age, in some individuals cognitive declin e is unrelated to what they do, or fail to do. It is coded in their DNA, tied to a specific genetic mutation — and may well emerge during the prime of life no matter what healthy habits they adopt.
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