Patient with Down syndrome getting scan (IMAGE)

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Washington University senior clinical research coordinator Brittany Nelson (front) helps study participant Adam Kloppenburg get a brain scan as part of a study on the intersection of Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that Alzheimer’s disease starts earlier and moves faster in people with Down syndrome.

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MATT MILLER/Washington University

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