CBS News | Alzheimer's animal study hints at gene therapy's potential promise CBS News These very early findings could lead to a way of preventing Alzheimer's or stopping it in the early stages, according to study senior author Magdalena Sastre. Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia. It causes memory loss, confusion, and ... Dementia could be halted thanks to gene therapy breakthrough Is this a cure for Alzheimer's? Gene therapy could help to prevent brain-clogging plaques from forming Alzheimer's disease could be treated with gene therapy, suggests animal study |