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The Big Picture In its ongoing, nearly twenty-year run, Grey’s Anatomy has had plenty of dramatic and devastating moments as we've watched these doctors go through hell and back on their quests for love and medical excellence. One story, however, stands out as possibly the most heartbreaking, but also the most realistic. This, of course, was when we watched Meredith slowly lose her mother to Alzheimer’s disease.
Release Date March 27, 2005 Cast Ellen Pompeo , James Pickens Jr. , Chandra Wilson , Justin Chambers , Kevin McKidd , Jesse Williams , Patrick Dempsey Main Genre Drama Seasons 20 Meredith Has a Breakthrough With Alzheimer's Research in Season 19's Finale When Jackson Avery briefly returned to Grey’s Anatomy in Season 19 to offer Meredith a position in Boston to conduct her Alzheimer’s research, it seemed like she was finally getting her shot at finding the cure she’d been searching for.
What Happens to Meredith and Derek's Alzheimer’s Trial on 'Grey's Anatomy'? Close There’s no denying that Derek did important work on Alzheimer’s, but it was hardly the cornerstone of his impressive career. In Season 7 of Grey’s Anatomy, Derek started a clinical trial for Alzheimer’s, with Alex Karev as his resident assistant.
Related The Best 'Grey's Anatomy' Couple Isn't Meredith and Derek — This Is They were meant to be! Beyond just the fact that Derek’s Alzheimer’s work was short-lived, it was also one of the few pursuits of Derek’s career that wasn’t driven by his ego. Derek didn’t just research Alzheimer’s because of professional passion, but rather because he saw how much Ellis’s diagnosis wrecked Meredith.
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