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Alzheimer’s Pioneer Virginia Lee Wins $3M Breakthrough Prize (inquirer.com)
2 points by bookofjoe on Sept 5, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


It's great for Lee, because when her lab discovered in 2006 than 95% of ALS cases and 1/3 of Alzheimer cases have TDP-43 misfolded and mislocated, most other scientists in the field where busy to try to find some mutation to explain most of ALS cases. She must have been courageous.




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