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The Gladstone Institutes today announced plans to create a Center for Comprehensive Alzheimer's Disease Research, offering new hope for the millions of families stricken by this debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
A $6 million lead gift from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation will help launch the center of excellence that will let Gladstone scientists more quickly develop therapies for those who suffer from Alzheimer's, or who are at increased risk of getting the disease. Currently, the market lacks any medications to prevent, halt or reverse this devastating illness that, according to estimates from the Alzheimer's Association, afflicts 5.4 million people in the United States at an annual cost of $183 billion.
The gift comes at an important time for Gladstone, a leading nonprofit biomedical-research organization, which is trying to raise $40 million in philanthropic support for Alzheimer's research by 2020. The gift also comes at an urgent moment for the United States, which is experiencing unprecedented growth in the number and proportion of older adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As life span continues to lengthen and baby boomers age, the number of Americans afflicted by aging-related diseases such as Alzheimer's are expected to increase in parallel.
A $6 million lead gift from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation will help launch the center of excellence that will let Gladstone scientists more quickly develop therapies for those who suffer from Alzheimer's, or who are at increased risk of getting the disease. Currently, the market lacks any medications to prevent, halt or reverse this devastating illness that, according to estimates from the Alzheimer's Association, afflicts 5.4 million people in the United States at an annual cost of $183 billion.
The gift comes at an important time for Gladstone, a leading nonprofit biomedical-research organization, which is trying to raise $40 million in philanthropic support for Alzheimer's research by 2020. The gift also comes at an urgent moment for the United States, which is experiencing unprecedented growth in the number and proportion of older adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As life span continues to lengthen and baby boomers age, the number of Americans afflicted by aging-related diseases such as Alzheimer's are expected to increase in parallel.
Already, Alzheimer's afflicts one in eight Americans aged 65 and older, and is the nation's fifth leading cause of death in that age category. Today, another American develops the disease every 69 seconds. If current trends continue, a new case of Alzheimer's will develop every 33 seconds by mid-century. Continue to read: gladstone.ucsf.edu
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