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Can We Cure #1: Alzheimer’s Disease?

Professor Dr Tan Maw Pin, Consultant Geriatrician

03-Feb-25 16:00

Can We Cure #1: Alzheimer’s Disease?

What if we could one day cure Alzheimer’s disease? In this mini series, we’ll be exploring the challenges scientists have faced in curing life-changing diagnoses, and what a cure would mean to people who live with these conditions. To answer this question, we’re joined by consultant geriatrician Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin.

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann


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