Will we all develop Alzheimer's one day?

There are people over 100 who are protected from Alzheimer's. But most people have risk factors. "The chance of developing Alzheimer's in old age is very high," says ChristianHaass, Head of the Chair of Metabolic Biochemistry at LMU and spokesperson for the MunichCluster of Excellence SyNergy(Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology).

Christian Haass has been researching Alzheimer's for more than 35 years. In the video, the LMU professor talks about drugs that slow down the progression of the disease and new approaches in research.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Haass: Are we all suffering from Alzheimer's?

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