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Alzheimer's Association awards $4.3 million for new phase of landmark prevention trial

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April 27, 2016
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Alzheimer's Association awards $4.3 million for new phase of landmark prevention trial
The Alzheimer's Association has announced a $4.3 million research grant for a new phase of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) known as DIAN-TU Next Generation (NexGen). This award will accelerate the testing of potential Alzheimer's therapies and a new diagnostic approach in people with genetically based, younger-onset Alzheimer's disease using an innovative trial design that is being applied to the disease for the first time.

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