Bill Gates Just Announced A $100 Million Initiative to Defeat Alzheimer’s

Bill Gates Just Announced A $100 Million Initiative to Defeat Alzheimer’s

“In the United States, one in nine people above the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s disease, a brain disease that slowly destroys memory and mental function. Amongst the nation’s top ten causes of death, it’s the only one with no significant medical treatment. Now, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is investing in Alzheimer’s research in the hopes of changing that fact.

The billionaire has pledged $50 million of his own money toward the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund for both industry and government efforts investigating dementia, as well as an additional $50 million toward as-yet-unnamed start-ups specifically researching #Alzheimer’s disease…”

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