Join us for a free screening of one of the films from the groundbreaking series "The Alzheimer's Project" from HBO. Hear from top researchers studying Alzheimer's disease today and learn about the latest trends in brain studies. For those who attended the June screening at the Columbia Public Library, you won't want to miss this second film from that series.

More on the series at alz.org/hbo.  

Alzheimer's Association Mid-Missouri Chapter
2nd Annual Research Forum

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Why is understanding genetics important?

Genetics and Alzheimer’s disease are once again in the spotlight with the recent discovery of three new possible genetic risk factors for dementia. Identifying genetic risk factors will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in the future...but what about today?

Join us as we host Dr. Alison Goate, a top researcher in the field of Alzheimer’s and genetics, and learn how genes affect everyone’s risk for AD.

Dr. Goate is internationally renowned for her work reporting the first mutation linked to an inherited form of Alzheimer's disease. Since that initial discovery, Dr. Goate and colleagues have identified mutations in four other genes, including two that cause Alzheimer's disease and two genes that cause a related dementia called frontotemporal dementia.

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