The Rod Martin Report: March 26, 2015

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by Rod D. Martin
March 26, 2015

Dear Friend,

It has been a while since I've had a chance to write one of these letters. I am very grateful for all of you who have asked to receive them. Over 7 million of you visited RodMartin.org in January alone. It is humbling, and I consider your support a real honor.

Many of you who came did so in response to my piece (which over 355,000 of you have shared on Facebook alone) regarding Stanford's new research on Alzheimer's. It is most extraordinary. In mice at least, Stanford researchers were able to reverse the effects of the disease; they were also able to genetically engineer some mice in a way that prevented their getting it in the first place.

Alzheimer's is horrifying. Its human cost is incalculable, its financial cost is staggering too. A cure would be the Polio vaccine of the early 21st Century. And there's real hope that it's coming.