It's not for us. It's for my sister's children and their children, so that they won't have the same 'nothing' to choose from. Ward is a member of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN), a group of more than 200 families in 18 countries who carry gene mutations that cause symptoms to appear in middle age, or even earlier.
Asexual reproduction is ultimately unsustainable for mice, and potentially other mammals, too. The clones looked normal and lived as long as normal mice. But large mutations - including the loss of an entire chromosome - accumulated in the cloned lineage at an unusually high rate.
have been coming to the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to participate in some of the world's first clinical trials in Alzheimer's prevention. "It's the least I can do to help," said Hannah. "I feel like I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do it." Dr. Randy Bateman, who leads international clinical trials at WashU Medicine, said, "Now we have a chance to change the course of the disease in a way we've never been able to do before."