The School of Medicine will receive $5.9 million over the course of five years to begin an ambitious and potentially decades-long search for the earliest signs that a seemingly normal person may someday develop Alzheimer’s disease.
WUSTL Photo Services*Koto* by Alonzo KingPress photos for Reach/Rebound, the 2005 concert by Washington University Dance Theatre, in Edison Theatre Dec. 2-4.
Photo by Robert BostonOccupational therapist Monica Perlmutter checks the lighting at a work area of client Gay Hirsch, who has low vision.It includes a structured interview to determine what is important to the client; the home environment is also checked for accessibility, lighting and safety.
“Finding markers that can help us identify (Alzheimer’s disease) patients prior to symptoms is really our big push now,” researcher Anne Fagan Niven says.