Decoding Darkness: The Search For The Genetic Causes Of Alzheimer's Disease

Tanzi, Rudolph E.; Parson, Ann B.

ISBN 10: 0738205265 / ISBN 13: 9780738205267

Published by Basic Books, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decoding Darkness: The Search For The Genetic Causes Of Alzheimer's Disease
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738205265
• ISBN 13: 9780738205267
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Working from the intriguing hypothesis that Alzheimer's dementia is the result of a renegade protein-beta amyloid-Tanzi and others set out to find the gene responsible for its production. Decoding Darkness takes us deep into the minds and far-flung labs of many a prominent researcher, offering an intimate view of the high stakes of molecular genetics, the revolution that propels it, the obstacles that threaten to derail it, and the families whose lives are so dependent upon it. Tanzi and Parson ultimately reveal that Alzheimer's, like heart disease, may be effectively treated-even prevented.

About the Author

Rudolph E. Tanzi is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Genetics and Aging Unit.

Science journalist Ann B. Parson is co-author, with Isaac Schiff, M.D., of Menopause, and until recently taught in Boston University's graduate program in science and journalism.