reiman showed us the results. >> eric reiman: this is somebody who doesn't have the gene.s in the brain. >> stahl: but in members of the family with the mutation, it was a different story. >> reiman: extensive amyloid deposition in the brain. >> stahl: that's the red. >> reiman: red is more amyloid. but yellow is also amyloid. >> stahl: this brain had even more. the images showed that amyloid plaques build up in the brain more than a decade before memory loss begins. so if a drug could remove that red and yellow, maybe the disease could be prevented. banner developed a plan for a multi-million dollar drug trial, and convened a meeting with leading scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and representatives of the n.i.h. >> tariot: the end of the meeting, each scientist was allowed to say one closing thought. and francisco had the last word. >> stahl: lopera? >> tariot: and he paused a long time. and you could hear a pin drop in the room. >> lopera: i said to them, "we-- the families are waiting for you." >> stahl: "they're waiting for you." >> tariot: that's the point when,