Can Alzheimer’s research set the tone for the future of the Jewish community?
Gina Kolata’s lead article in the Aug. 13 issue of The New
York Times focused on an unprecedented breakthrough in research into Alzheimer’s. This breakthrough has led to long-awaited advancements in knowledge about a disease for which prevention and treatment have eluded the medical world for decades.
What was it? The sharing of data among Alzheimer’s institutions, organizations and researchers. The article described the struggle for this collaboration of information and effort among professionals and organizations as equal to the struggle for knowledge about the disease itself.
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