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Preventing Alzheimer’s

Can it be done? A groundbreaking study aims to find out

by Michael C. Purdy•February 21, 2014

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Michael C. Purdy

Former Senior Medical Sciences Writer

mpa@wusm.wustl.edu

Michael C. Purdy was a medical sciences writer covering research discoveries in pathology and immunology, medical microbiology, cell biology, radiology and neurology. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and went on to work as a science writer at the Department of Energy, Johns Hopkins University, and then Washington University. He was an active member of Mensa and the National Association of Science Writers. Purdy died in 2016 at age 47 of an inoperable brain tumor. At the time of his death, he was pursuing a master’s degree in education and was very close to earning his degree.

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