New Topics New College Alzheimer's: The Memory Disease

For over two decades, Dr. Michael Mullan, president and CEO of The Roskamp Institute, has been involved with finding the causes of, and new treatments for, Alzheimer's disease, a disorder which afflicts increasing numbers of individuals as the world's population ages. Dr. Mullan will discuss the focal points in Alzheimer's research from the discovery of the seminal findings of rare genetic errors that trigger the whole gamut of Alzheimer's pathology to the present day search for novel treatments to combat the disease. Sarasota County has one of the highest concentrations of elderly in the world and, as a consequence, has one of the highest prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and is therefore a sentinel to the impact of Alzheimer's Disease on aging populations. The urgent need for novel therapies is therefore, every day apparent. This seminar will reveal the work of the Roskamp Institute and other groups working worldwide to combat this growing threat.