Francisco Lopera 1951-2024

Francisco Lopera (June 10, 1951 – September 10, 2024), a professor and neurologist at the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia,  identified and studied the world’s largest extended family with inherited Alzheimer dementia caused by the dominant E280A mutation in the PS1 gene.

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Pam Belluck  “Francisco Lopera, Pioneer in Alzheimer’s Research, Dies at 73”. The New York Times, September 10, 2024
Jennie Erin Smith “The ‘Country Doctor’ Who Upended Our Understanding of Dementia”. The New York Times, September 11, 2024

When I attended Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 12-17, 2014,  Copenhagen, Denmark, I also presented a poster Why “amyloid cascade” is a misguided hypothesis of Alzheimer’s dementia etiology? Markku Kurkinen, Anton Scott Goustin, Jerzy Leszek

picture from the city between valleys

LA CIUDAD MAS INNOVADORA

The background of the poster shows an aerial view of Medellin.

To me, the DIAN people [at Medellin] are the best ‘human model’ to study and understand the mind and what the brain does as time goes by, to uncover the molecular details and cellular mechanisms at work in the mind and body many decades before Alzheimer begins – Kurkinen M (2017) The amyloid hypothesis is too good to be true. Alzheimers Dement Cogn Neurol 1, 1-9

PACHO, TE VAMOS A EXTRAÑAR MUCHÍSIMO – Monica Rosselli
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Farewell, Pacho – Kenneth Kosik
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Gracias infinitas Dr. Lopera por tanto!! – Yakeel T. Quiroz
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Francisco Lopera 1951-2024

Francisco Lopera (June 10, 1951 – September 10, 2024), a professor and neurologist at the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia,  identified and studied

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