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008			200429s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020019015
020			_a9780231198707 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780231552769 _q(ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dMiTN
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aRC523 _b.Y8 2021
082	0	0	_a616.8/311 _223
100	1		_aYu, Han, _d1980-
245	1	0	_aMind thief : _bthe story of Alzheimer's / _cHan Yu.
263			_a2101
264		1	_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c[2021]
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLost Wives -- Cursed Inheritance -- Learning to Walk -- Searching for the Alzheimer's Gene -- Late-Onset Alzheimer's -- The Paradigm -- Eli Lilly and Mice -- Inhibitors That Can't Inhibit -- Poison or Cure: Alzheimer's Vaccine -- Eli Lilly's Three Expeditions -- Taoism and Tau Mice -- Apples, Oysters, and Underdogs -- Type 3 Diabetes -- Ketones the Brain Fuel -- Insulin Fixes -- Bacteria in the Brain -- Eat Your Vegetables (and Berries) -- Blood, Heart, and Brain -- A Missed Opportunity -- Paradigm Shift (?) -- An Enriched Life -- Epilogue -- Notes.
520			_a"Alzheimer's disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world's most common causes of death. Alzheimer's lingers for years, with patients' outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer's because its causes remain unknown. Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer's that demystifies efforts to understand the disease. Beginning with the discovery of "presenile dementia" in the early twentieth century, Han Yu examines over a century of research and controversy. She presents the leading hypotheses for what causes Alzheimer's; discusses each hypothesis's tangled origins, merits, and gaps; and details their successes and failures. Yu synthesizes a vast amount of medical literature, historical studies, and media interviews, telling the gripping stories of researchers' struggles while situating science in its historical, social, and cultural contexts. Her chronicling of the trajectory of Alzheimer's research deftly balances rich scientific detail with attention to the wider implications. In narrating the attempts to find a treatment, Yu also offers a critical account of research and drug development and a consideration of the philosophy of aging"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAlzheimer's disease.
650		0	_aAlzheimer's disease _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aYu, Han, 1980- _tMind thief _dNew York : Columbia University Press, [2021] _z9780231552769 _w(DLC) 2020019016
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