N.C. Alzheimer’s study aims to find ways to predict, treat the disease earlier
Duke University is partnering with the North Carolina Research Campus in an expansion of an Alzheimer's disease study that aims to find new ways to predict and treat the disease. Research initially began in 2007 to study disease patterns over the long term for patients in the city of Kannapolis, North Carolina, where the N.C. Research Campus is based, as well as surrounding Cabarrus County. Researchers are expanding the "Measurement to Understand the Reclassification of Disease of Cabarrus/Kannapolis" or MURDOCK study to include participants 55 and older who have not been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and live in outlying areas surrounding Cabarrus County.