(NECN) - Alzheimer's is an incurable disease that often runs in families and impacts not only the patient, but their caregivers.
The number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's is expected to skyrocket with the aging of the baby boomers, but there is hope.
Dr. Dennis Selkoe from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital is one of the leading experts in the country and a part of "The Alzheimer's Project" -- an upcoming HBO four-part series on the disease and the quest for a cure.
"We have so much research going on and 91 trials, suggest that we have something that will really slow down or even halt the disease within 10 or 15 years," Dr. Selkoe said.....
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