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Professor Matthew Kiernan

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877 total appearances

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Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

Right.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

And the other thing is, we've obviously mentioned amyloid and tau and they're important parts, but they're not the whole story either.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

Yeah.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

And so there's a discussion.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

I remember when people were talking about amyloid, they said, well, it's like saying if you remove smoke, is that the end of the fire?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

No way.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

So there's a whole process going on here.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

And amyloid and tau are critical parts and the genes modifying them are critical parts.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

But if we remove all of the amyloid out of someone's brain, will they be back to normal?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

Well, no, they're not because we're doing that now.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

So we can remove the amyloid with the monoclonal antibodies and

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

And they don't go back to normal.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

They might either plateau or they might slow down the progression.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

But then the question is, can we fine-tune that?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

When do we start it?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

Do we start these medications at the age of 30 when we see EPOE4 is up and monitoring some other parts of the biomarkers?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

And that's where we're going.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

We're going to go earlier and earlier and earlier.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

And it might be that one of the medications is related to a gene modification in amyloid

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Brain Expert: Why Dementia Is Australia's Number One Killer (Project 100)

in a few years' time.