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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is launching an international clinical trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer's disease in people genetically destined to develop the illness at a young age. Unlike most other Alzheimer's prevention trials, this one will enroll people before the disease has taken hold - up to 25 years before the expected onset of dementia.

Neurologist Eric McDade, DO, meets with Marty Reiswig, a participant in Alzheimer’s prevention trials at Washington University School of Medicine in

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine are conducting an Alzheimer's prevention trial with young adults from high-risk families to evaluate whether an investigational drug can clear a key Alzheimer’s protein, amyloid beta, and slow or stop the disease.