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The discovery of a rare genetic mutation carried by members of a family in Colombia provides an unprecedented opportunity to learn how the body may naturally resist Alzheimer’s. Host Carol Hills speaks with neuropsychologist Yakeel Quiroz at Massachusetts General Hospital about new research published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.