Alzheimer's-plagued Colombia region is focus of drug trial

A Genentech drug is being tested to prevent the disease in Colombians predisposed to developing it.YARUMAL, Colombia — The unusually high incidence of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in this isolated cattle town has thrust it to the forefront of global efforts to find a cure for the debilitating malady.

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