How close are we for a cure for dementia ?

Question: How close are we for a cure for dementia ?
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  cure,
  dementia
Asked by libertyperry to Melanie, Probash on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: Your Research. This question was also asked by maria96.
- Melanie Stefan answered on 16 Mar 2011:
  
  For the most common forms of dementia (like Alzheimer’s disease) I think a cure will be found within our lifetime. It’s probably going to be more complicated for other, rarer forms, which we do not understand very well yet.

Question: How close are we for a cure for dementia ?