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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

Seeking Alzheimer's clues from few who escape genetic fate

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doug Whitney inherited the same gene mutation that gave Alzheimer’s disease to his mother, brother and generations of other relatives by the unusually young age of 50.

Yet he’s a healthy 73, his mind still sharp. Somehow, the Washington man escaped his genetic fate.

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