WHAT DOCTORS ARE DOING TO TO SAVE HER LIFE. WELL, RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SAY THEY HAVE MADE A GROUND BREAKING DISCOVERY THAT COULD HELP MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH IT, THEY HOPE THIS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A CURE OR GRACE HAYBA HAS OUR STORY. HERE. ARE THERE ANY DARE OUT THERE? THERE MIGHT BE AN AFTERNOON STROLL ON THE WOODED TRAIL NEAR THEIR HOME IS A SIMPLE BUT TREASURED ROUTINE FOR CARTER AND KATE GREENE, ALONG WITH THE GAME OF TENNIS. THE WALKS HAVE BECOME A DAILY ESSENTIAL AND A WAY TO KEEP CARTER AND HIS BRAIN ACTIVE. CARTER GREENE IS MY NAME AND IT HAS BEEN 15 MONTHS, 15 MONTHS. HOW DO YOU FEEL? LIKE YOU TALK TO THE KIDS ABOUT IT? WHEN I TALK TO THEM, I PROBABLY WOULD BREAK OUT AND CRY SINCE THE HUSBAND AND FATHER LEARNED HE HAS ALZHEIMER’S AND PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA. I WOULD READ ABOUT 4 OR 5 PARAGRAPHS AND THEN I’M DONE. AND IT’S THERE’S IT DOESN’T COME BACK. CARTER IS 59. HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN THE EARLY STAGES, MAKING HIM A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR LECANEMAB, THE DRUG WAS ONLY APPROVED WITHIN A MONTH OF HIS DIAGNOSIS, AND IT’S STILL THE ONLY DRUG ON THE MARKET WHICH SLOWS THE PROGRESSION OF ALZHEIMER’S RATHER THAN ONLY TARGETING SYMPTOMS. IT IS A SMALL PROTEIN, ONE OF THOSE WORKING TO HELP PATIENTS LIKE CARTER BY FINDING A CURE IS ROBERT FREEMAN. IN THE RESEARCH, WE AND OTHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT CAN TAKE A TWISTED FORM LIKE THIS, KIND OF LIKE A TWISTED PASTA. JUST LAST WEEK, SHE AND HER TEAM AT UNC ANNOUNCED A GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERY ABOUT THE WAY THE PROTEIN IN THE BRAIN, WHICH CAUSES ALZHEIMER’S, FORMS ALL THE PROTEINS. ALL OUR BODY IS LIKE OUR LEFT HAND. THEY HAVE A TWIST THAT GOES TO THE LEFT SIDE, BUT IN ALZHEIMER, YOU GET STRUCTURES THAT ARE TWISTING THE OTHER WAY. THE HOPE IS THAT FURTHER STUDIES COULD REVEAL A WAY TO ESSENTIALLY UNTWIST THE FIBERS AND BREAK DOWN THE AMYLOID PLAQUE ON THE BRAIN, REVERSING THE IMPACTS OF ALZHEIMER’S. AND THOUGH THE LAB’S RESEARCH IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES, WHOEVER IS DOING THE LABORATORY, UH, STAGES, I SAY GO GET THEM FINDINGS LIKE IT GIVE THE OVER 6 MILLION AMERICANS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S. SO FAR. IT’S OKAY. JUST LIKE CARTER, I FEEL LIKE WE’RE GETTING MARRIED AGAIN. HOPE. AND THAT WAS GRACE HAYBA REPORTING. MORE THAN 6 MILLION AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S, RIGHT NOW. AND FORMER TALK SHOW HOST WENDY WILLIAMS RECENTLY BECAME THE LATEST CELEBRITY TO SHARE HER DIAGNOSIS