Bill Gates Donates $100 Million to Help Find a Cure For Alzheimer’s

1. BILL GATES DONATES $100
MILLION TO HELP FIND A
CURE FOR ALZHEIMER’S
PHILIP BURROUGHS

2. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT BILL GATES IS
ONE BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL. FORTUNATELY,
IF THERE IS ONE BY-PRODUCT FROM A MAN
THAT HAS MADE BILLIONS IT WOULD BE THE
FACT THAT HE IS ACTUALLY ONE GENEROUS
PERSON. HIS LATEST USEFUL ENDEAVOR IS
TO DONATE $100 MILLION TOWARDS
RESEARCH TO FIND A CURE FOR
ALZHEIMER’S.

3. AT LAST COUNT, ALZHEIMER'S HAS STOLEN
THE MEMORIES AND INTELLECT OF OVER 47
MILLION AMERICANS. THOSE STATISTICS
CONTINUE TO RISE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS
NO KNOWN CURE FOR THE DISEASE.
LUCKILY FOR US, BILL GATES IS TRYING TO
CHANGE THAT.

4. FOR GATES, THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS MOST
RECENT ACT OF PHILANTHROPY IS TO FUND
THE DEMENTIA DISCOVERY FUND. THIS GROUP
IS ALSO DEDICATED TO LOOKING AT THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM OF THE BRAIN FOR CLUES ON
HOW THIS DISEASE IS ABLE TO FLOURISH. THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT GATES HAS DONATED
MONEY TO FUND RESEARCH INTO A
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE.

5. FOR SCIENTISTS, FINDING A CURE TO A
DEVASTATING DISEASE IS PRACTICALLY THE HOLY
GRAIL. INDIVIDUALS CAN SPEND WHOLE CAREERS
DEDICATED TO STUDYING JUST ONE DISEASE.
FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS
FOR A DISEASE CAN BE A SERIOUS ROADBLOCK TO
AN ALREADY DAUNTING PROCESS. THIS IS ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY GATES’ DONATION IS SO
IMPORTANT.

6. GATES KNOWS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FAILED
TRIALS, SO HIS FUNDING WILL GO TO HELPING NEW
TRIALS TO DEVELOPMENT. HE IS ALSO HOPING THAT A
NEW EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON ALZHEIMER’S
RESEARCH SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE CURRENTLY
VERY FEW DRUGS THAT TREAT THE DISEASE
SPECIFICALLY, ONLY DRUGS THAT TREAT MEMORY
LOSS OR CONFUSION.

7. BILL GATES HOPES HIS DONATION WILL SPUR
RESEARCHERS TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND SPUR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICATIONS THAT CAN BE
TAKEN AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE. FOR INSTANCE,
YOU WOULDN’T GIVE SOMEONE LIPITOR TO PREVENT A
HEART ATTACK; IT WOULD ALREADY BE TOO LATE. WITH
GATES’ DONATION, THERE IS NONE TOO SOON NOW A
MUCH BETTER CHANCE THAT NEW DRUGS WILL DEVELOP
TO MAKE ALZHEIMER’S A THING OF THE PAST.