In this episode of Brain IDEAS, Dr. Huntington Potter explores the complexities of Alzheimer's disease, highlighting that if everyone in the room lives to be 85, half of them will develop it. He also discusses the insights gained from studying Down syndrome, as individuals with Down syndrome have a higher propensity for developing Alzheimer's. Dr. Potter proposes that Alzheimer's disease may be linked to the development of cells with three copies of chromosome 21, similar to Down syndrome, which occurs silently over a person's lifetime.

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