Genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease risk
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Experimental preventive therapies are now entering clinical trials, ushering in a new era of research. For instance, a new Alzheimer’s disease prevention trial [3]—which is slated to begin in late 2015 and jointly run by teams from Novartis and the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix, Arizona—is giving people a reason to consider genetic testing. It has also prompted researchers to think deeply about how Alzheimer’s risk testing should be done.
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