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February 1, 2018
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Dr. Sultan Darvesh says clinical trials of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease have been unsuccessful largely due to difficulties diagnosing the disease, often only possible through autopsy results.
But that may change, due to a discovery made by researchers using specimens at the brain bank.
Read full story (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-university-brain-tissue-alzheimer-disease-1.4511276)
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