The Groundbreaking Alzheimer's Study You Need to Hear About
My conversation with Dr. Bruce Yankner, the study's lead author and a professor of genetics and neurology at Harvard Medical School.
A new study published this summer in Nature suggests that a lithium deficiency may be responsible for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The science is early, involving only mouse studies. Still, this discovery has been described as incredibly promising, which is critically important to the 7 million people in this country who are dealing with Alzheimer’s right now (by 2050, that number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million). I was thrilled to speak with Dr. Bruce Yankner, the study’s lead author and a professor of genetics and neurology at Harvard Medical School, to get a better understanding of these findings.
Watch our conversation below.👇
Brilliant interview - I was absolutely riveted from start to finish! How refreshing to be reminded of the value to humanity of sustained, rigorous, scientific research. Gives me needed hope in these fraught times in which appointed political zealots and hacks are systematically undermining revered national institutions (e.g., NIH, CDC) that have done so much for so many for so long.
I have subscribed just now because of the fantastic quality of this interview and others you have done. As a physician and mom and spouse where Alzheimer’s has occurred in my husband’s family, I really appreciated this so much!! Thank you!!!