On the recordApril 28, 2010
I would like to extend my congratulations to the University of Miami researchers on their recent discovery that will lead toward a new understanding of Alzheimer's disease. University of Miami researchers identified a gene that appears to double a person's risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's, as we all know, is a debilitating disease that impacts 5 million Americans. As a daughter of a mother with Alzheimer's disease, I know how painful this disease can be for both the individual and the family. I would like to thank Director Margaret Pericak-Vance and all of the staff of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Medical School for their hard work and dedication to this valuable research. The University of Miami will continue to take steps to improve our knowledge about Alzheimer's so that families will not have to feel the pain of watching their loved ones being slowly ravaged by this terrible affliction.
