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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,170 posts) Mon Nov 13, 2017, 09:36 PM Nov 2017

Bill Gates made a big investment to fight Alzheimer's

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is ready for his next endeavor: joining the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

Gates revealed Monday that he invested $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, which is working on new approaches to treating dementia.

"It’s a miracle that people are living so much longer, but longer life expectancies alone are not enough," wrote Gates in a blog post. "People should be able to enjoy their later years—and we need a breakthrough in Alzheimer’s to fulfill that."

Gates said this is a personal investment, not one offered through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested in research to stop the spread of diseases such as HIV.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/bill-gates-made-a-big-investment-to-fight-alzheimers/491410335

Full disclosure my mother had Alzheimer's the last seven years of her life.

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Bill Gates made a big investment to fight Alzheimer's (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2017 OP

My grandfather died of altzheimer's. I remember visiting him. We had grapes applegrove Nov 2017 #1

I applaud Gates, Buffet, and those of extreme wealth who use their fortunes to try to give something still_one Nov 2017 #2

applegrove

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1. My grandfather died of altzheimer's. I remember visiting him. We had grapes

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Mon Nov 13, 2017, 09:45 PM

Nov 2017

and photos. He ate the photos and looked at the grapes. It was so heart wrenching.

still_one

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2. I applaud Gates, Buffet, and those of extreme wealth who use their fortunes to try to give something

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2017, 09:45 PM

Nov 2017

back that helps the world.

His previous project was fighting malaria.

Good for him.

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