of nevada politics. he's kind of a powerhouse of nevada politics. so paul axel had made the decision that he wanted to give his personal political papers to the university of nevada reno some of the first shipments of his papers started coming in 1983. and that includes scrapbooks that includes memorandum correspondence briefing books reports. anything that you would have in a political office you name it's going to be in those papers. so we're in the reading room now, but we're going to go into the work room, which is where all of the processing happens for the archives here at the university. so come on through. and actually interestingly enough while we come through the door. you can see right here. this is this is a portion of some of paul axle's materials. this is a micro film which is a lot of the constituency correspondence. and the stuff that came into the office they microfilmed everything. so these are all of the cartridges this is millions and millions of pages of correspondence here. so we have this out right now. and you can just see the breadth and depth of some of this. this is also we have the paper versions as well of this so this is be

while we're joined now by jeffrey l cummings, a professor of brain science at the university of nevada, las vegas and also i'm a researcher and leader of clinical trials. professor cummings, welcome to d w. i want to start by asking you how big of a breakthrough is this new drug? but thank you, having for having me on the program and let me just say this is big, big, big. we have been waiting since 2003, both in the u. s. and in europe for a new drug, for all timers disease, this is a breakthrough. it's also a breakthrough because as you mentioned in the opening, this is a disease that actually targets the underlying disease process itself. right, well how is it that it took nearly 20 years for us to get to this point? i think there are 3 reasons, really one we haven't really understood the biology very well so we needed to understand it better. we needed that and and we needed the biomarkers to show us that the drugs were working near such an important died to do in clinical trials. as always, those 3 things i think that's added up to make adequate amount of success. all right, we sli

important issue and i think as your neighbor, we can work closely with investigators at the university of nevada and others to make those advances. >> i look forward to that and i want to add a little bit about respite care and how important it is for those caregivers. caregiving is a never ending job. it is often times thankless. finding respite care is burdensome, costly, you can feel guilty for the family members who feel that they need even a weekend off and so, i only have a few seconds so a lot of caregivers face fatigue and burnout. could expanding access to respite care, how do you think it might help prevent elder abuse and just improve our caregiving as you might need that? >> you see so much stress in our caregivers and support groups, and they are always offering seminars and little workshops on managing stress. in oregon, we see the stress in these caregivers melt away once they find out that they can really take time to take care of themselves. like the oxygen mask on the airplane. who do you put it on first? really trying to educate caregivers about the need to take care of themse

very important issue and as your neighbor we can work closely with your investigators at the university of nevada and others to make those advances. >> i look forward to that i want to add a little bit about respite care and how a important it is for those caregivers. caregiving is a never-ending job 24/7, oftentimes thankless. finding respite care is burdensome and costly. you can feelw guilty for the family members who feel that they need even a weekend off. i only have a few seconds so msf caregivers face the deacon burnett, so could expand access to respite care how do you think it might help prevent elder abuse and just improve our caregiving as you might see that? >> you see so much stress in her caregivers and throughout support groups. we are always offering seminars a little workshops for managing stress. we see the stress of these caregivers melt away once they find out they can really take time to take care of themselves. we will have to educate her caregivers about the need to take care of themselves. being able to access vouchers and through our respite coalition or through the area

joining me as professor of brain science at the university of nevada, las vegas, doctor jeffrey cummingsst time in two decades. >> i think for us this is really a breakthrough. it is not only the first drug that has been approved in 20 years but it is the first drug ever that addresses the underlying path already, the changes that are going on in the brain so it is a new paradigm, a new way of treating brain diseases in general. maria: tell me how it treats it. i know that it removes the plaque on the brain that causes dementia and alzheimer's, can you walk us through as simply as you can how this drug works? >> very happy to do that. we know that alzheimer's disease results from gradual accumulation of a protein in the brain, a toxic protein and it accumulates because as we age, some group of us are not able to clear that protein from the brain. the treatment then is to get rid of the protein and that is exactly what this drug does. it is complicated. it is administered intravenously once a month so the patient will have to go into a clinic or an infusion center to have the infusion and

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2022 that will begin nevada athletes to be compensated for the use of their name or likeness and contract with an agent. additionally the new law includes a provision allowing universities to require student athletes to take courses or receive training that's going to require them in contracts and financial literacy. so i know we're building upon a lot of my former colleagues' a lot of the former questions they just had. professor, could this training save them from potential predatory contracts and help them learn and maintain money management skills they can even use after school, and are there other ways we can equip our student athletes with these kind of tools they're going to need to advocate for themselves? >> thank you for the question, senator. yes, i agree. i think training the athletes and educating them on the implications of signing a contract. in law school contracts have a whole semester course. it's complicated. there are many issues. to ensure an athlete might be 18 or 19 years old knows what he or she is doing, i think advice would be provided. the tax implications, the fact they may be an independent contractor to the company they're signing with. do