I lost my family to dementia - now I'll make sure my daughter survives: Mother to take part in landmark trial that hopes to find 'statin for the brain'

At just 39 years old, Sophie Leggett from Lowestoft is already contemplating life in a care home because she has a family history of a rare faulty gene that causes early-onset dementia. 




Yet despite concerns about her own future, she is determined to help future generations by participating in the first international trial treating people at risk of familial dementia. Researchers for the trial, led by Washington University, are hopeful that it could prevent the symptoms of Alzheimer's by 'finding the "statin" for the brain'.