How Not to Study a Disease
The Story of Alzheimer's
(Sprache: Englisch)
"A trade book on Alzheimer's disease--its human face, some insights into its biology, the discoveries that seemed a path to prevention if not cure, 25 years without progress, and a new path forward"--
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"A trade book on Alzheimer's disease--its human face, some insights into its biology, the discoveries that seemed a path to prevention if not cure, 25 years without progress, and a new path forward"--
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Prologue ixI In the Beginning 1
1 A Layperson's History of Alzheimer's Disease 3
2 A Physician's History of Alzheimer's Disease 23
3 A Scientist's History of Alzheimer's Disease 33
4 Mystery Solved! How Four Discoveries Transformed an Entire Field 53
II What Happened to our Cure? 71
5 Building a Model of Alzheimer's Disease 73
III Double-Edged Swords 97
6 Federal Support of Basic Biomedical Research 99
7 The Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry 115
8 Testing Our Models: Breaking Bad 131
9 What is Alzheimer's Disease? 149
IV Where Shall We Go From Here? 169
10 A Layperson's Guide to the Biology of Aging 171
11 Building a New Model of Alzheimer's Disease 187
12 Rebalancing our Research Portfolio 207
13 Rebalancing our Institutions 227
14 Final Thoughts 243
Acknowledgments 247
Notes 249
Index 255
Autoren-Porträt von Karl Herrup
Karl Herrup is Professor of Neurobiology and an Investigator in the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Adjunct Professor of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he was formerly Head of Life Sciences.
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- Autor: Karl Herrup
- 2023, 272 Seiten, 28 Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 14 x 21,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: The MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262546019
- ISBN-13: 9780262546010
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.03.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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