​🧬 By the time Alzheimer’s is diagnosed, the damage is already done. What if we could get there first?

​For three to four decades, clinical trials have chased treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s disease. The problem is timing. Entire lifetimes of memories vanish, daily routines unravel, and families carry a healthcare burden that can feel insurmountable, all before most drugs even get a chance to work.

​Join a neuroscientist and gene therapy researcher Dr. Raj Putatunda for a deep dive into a different approach: intervening at the genetic level, before symptoms take hold. Drawing on his work in biotech developing novel gene therapy technologies, he will walk through what gene therapy actually is and how it’s being used to target the biological drivers of Alzheimer’s, not just its symptoms.

​We’ll cover what’s worked, what hasn’t, and why gene therapy represents a genuine shift in how scientists think about neurodegenerative disease more broadly. Come curious and leave with a real sense of where this field is headed. ✨

Hosted by Big Brain
7pm-8:45pm
Advance tickets available at Big Brain SF