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A New Age in Alzheimer's Research With technological advances in medicine researchers are testing modifiable lifestyle factors, groundbreaking vaccines, and preventative drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease—giving new hope for future generations. STORY BY // MORGAN STEPHENS BRAIN IMAGES COURTESY OF // KECK MEDICINE OF USC ∫ ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS THE ONLY TOP 10 CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CANNOT BE PREVENTED, CURED OR EVEN SLOWED, ALTHOUGH THIS BLEAK FACT COULD SOON BE CHANGING. RECENT DISCOVERIES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AT KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE RESEARCHERS OPTIMISTIC THAT BREAKTHROUGHS IN PREVENTING OR SLOWING THE DISEASE ARE SOON WITHIN REACH. Until this new era of technological develop- ments, the scope of a diagnosis could only go as far as "probable Alzheimer's" or waited to be officially diagnosed at an autopsy. Today, with amyloid PET scans and brain imaging, researchers can examine the brain pathology SEPTEMBER 2017 55