A bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

Working on the Texas-Mexico border, Alzheimer's researcher Gladys Maestre has an unorthodox, community-centered approach. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape By Usha Lee McFarling Verónica Cárdenas for STAT For decades, and really for as long as the field has existed, Alzheimer’s disease researchers have recruited patients for clinical trials in largely the same way: pulling them from specialty clinics, often at elite medical institutions. Alzheimer's researcher Gladys Maestre (above) came to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley to change that. Read More Co-Hosted by CG Life STAT Locals @ San Diego Locals are free happy hour events, produced by STAT, to help encourage new connections and collaborations within the life sciences community we report on. On October 20th, we're partnering with CG Life, to bring you science, food, drinks, live music, cool humans and an evening of networking. So, pass this invitation along and spread the word — all those working in health and life sciences are welcome. Register now. More great reads from STAT this week Her mother’s abortion was required under China’s one-child policy. Her own would be illegal under Tennessee’s post-Roe ban By Eric Boodman Burning questions left unanswered about the latest Alzheimer’s therapy By Adam Feuerstein, Damian Garde, and Rachel Cohrs Who will get the call from Stockholm? It’s time for STAT’s 2022 Nobel Prize predictions By Megan Molteni Biotech turns to new and strange viruses to overcome gene therapy’s limitations By Jason Mast ‘It is sinking us even further’: STI clinics, already stretched thin, strain under weight of monkeypox response By Andrew Joseph Opinion: Subject, not suspect: The new hazards of conducting clinical research in the Dobbs era By Aoife Brennan New study sees possible link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and risk of asthma, but caveats abound By Helen Branswell Saturday, October 1, 2022       1 Exchange Pl, Suite 201, Boston, MA 02109 ©2022, All Rights Reserved. I no longer wish to receive STAT emails Update Email Preferences | Contact Us | View In Browser