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[inaudible conversations] next up from the wisconsin book festival, Niki Kapsambelis looks at the genetics behind alzheimers disease. Thanks for coming today. My name is Niki Kapsambelis and i wrote a book called the inheritance which follows a family centered in north dakota that carries a rare genetic mutation, and lindsays father dean was a central figure in my book, lindsay will be speaking about the experiences her family and she personally have gone through with alzheimers disease. When i think back to the first time i met members of the demo family in 2009 it feels like i am reviewing notes i took on someone elses life. We did not know each other, did not know about alzheimers disease or how widespread it is or how lethal it is, was just a journalist, on assignment in pittsburgh, went into their hotel room, interviewing them. I had gone through the looking glass, i was completely blown away by their story and what they were going through and for me i was never going to be the sa

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