[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H2986-H2987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  UM RESEARCH DISCOVERY ON ALZHEIMER'S

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend my 
congratulations to the University of Miami researchers on their recent 
discovery that will lead toward a new understanding of Alzheimer's 
disease.
  University of Miami researchers identified a gene that appears to 
double a person's risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's. 
Alzheimer's, as we all know, is a debilitating disease that impacts 5 
million Americans. As a daughter of a mother with Alzheimer's disease, 
I know how painful this disease can be for both the individual and the 
family.
  I would like to thank Director Margaret Pericak-Vance and all of the 
staff of the John P. Hussman Institute for

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Human Genomics at the University of Miami Medical School for their hard 
work and dedication to this valuable research.
  The University of Miami will continue to take steps to improve our 
knowledge about Alzheimer's so that families will not have to feel the 
pain of watching their loved ones being slowly ravaged by this terrible 
affliction.

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