[In Context] Wrestling with the consequences of blood tests for Alzheimer's disease

“I’m quite happy to talk about it—I would prefer for people to know that I have Alzheimer's disease,” explained Gerry King, one of the founders of Striving Towards A New Day (STAND), a charity that supports people living with dementia in Fife, UK. King was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer's disease at the age of 55 years. “It gets me down when people say, I’m really sorry, I think that's terrible, it's awful. It's not awful, it's opened up a whole new world for me, meeting other people with young-onset dementia, meeting older people with dementia, and showing that people with dementia can actually do things.” King's comments were among the many stark statements that were digested by the audience at Alzheimer's: To Test or Not to Test?, a discussion held on April 9, 2025, at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK, as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.