Marty's positivity really knows no bounds. After we spoke for this piece, he emailed me to remind me to make the most of my life. And where others might look at their children and fear the genetic legacy they've been passed, marty has found psitive things even there. "I want everybody on the planet to stop being afraid of all simers"
Marty Reiswig is fit and healthy, but every two weeks he is injected with the experimental drug gantenerumab and has monthly MRI scans. He submits to this because a rare genetic mutation runs in his family that predisposes them to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
We spoke to him about his experience on the trial, and why he chose to continue trialling the drug even after formal clinical trials were discontinued.
Produced and narrated by Lorna Stewart.
More on this story:
News Feature: Could drugs prevent Alzheimer’s? These trials aim to find out
Resources for those affected by Alzheimer's:
Alzheimer's association
Alzheimers.gov
Alzheimer's society
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