A DIFFERENT WAY TO THINK ABOUT MEDICINE’S MOST STUBBORN ENIGMA
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✍️ A new book, Valley of Forgetting, explores the paisa mutation, a rare genetic cause of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in rural Colombia, and challenges traditional views of memory and identity.
👉 The paisa mutation is a rare genetic cause of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in rural Colombia 👉 The book explores the stories of families affected by the mutation 👉 The author suggests that forgetting might be more than just an existential loss 👉 The book challenges traditional views of memory and identity 👉 The concept of memory is reevaluated as something relational, inherited, and timeless
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