Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Riverhead BooksISBN-13:9780525536079ISBN-10:525536078UPC:9780525536079Book Category:Science, History, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Latin America, Diseases & ConditionsBook Topic:Genetics & Genomics, South America, Alzheimer's & DementiaSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCGPJ5XB5P
Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure
The riveting account of a community from the remote mountains of Colombia whose rare and fatal genetic mutation is unlocking the secrets of Alzheimer's disease "Powerful. . . . a poignant depiction of a community in crisis." --Publishers Weekly In the 1980s, a neurologist named Francisco Lopera traveled on horseback into the mountains seeking families with symptoms of dementia. For centuries,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Riverhead BooksISBN-13:9780525536079ISBN-10:525536078UPC:9780525536079Book Category:Science, History, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Latin America, Diseases & ConditionsBook Topic:Genetics & Genomics, South America, Alzheimer's & DementiaSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCGPJ5XB5P
Jennie Erin Smith is the author of Stolen World. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker, and others. She is a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award; the Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida; and two first-place awards from the Society for...
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