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An in-depth report on Alzforum provides a 360-degree tour of all aspects of Alzheimer’s disease research—from the current state of knowledge about the disease process, to the questions and challenges facing researchers at this point, to prospects for future advances, particularly in the wake of recent treatment failures. Alzforum reporter Gabrielle Strobel talked to leading international Alzheimer’s disease experts while they were spending three days at a conference in a secluded town in Eastern Australia in discussion on where the field could go.
Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that causes memory loss and difficulties thinking, has become a huge public health threat. The number of people with dementia worldwide stands at around 30 million and is forecast to rise to 115 million by 2050. Although researchers know a lot more about the disease today than they did only a decade ago, that understanding has not translated into treatments for patients. One reason is that Alzheimer’s research is underfunded in the U.S. compared to other major diseases. For example, the 2011 National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget request for HIV/AIDS research was $3.1 billion, which represents about $3,100 per person living with HIV in the U.S. In comparison, fiscal year 2012 NIH funding for Alzheimer’s is expected to be $458 million, or about $92 per person with the disease. Another problem is that, so far, potential treatments have been tested in people who have full-blown Alzheimer’s disease, when it may be “too little too late” to intervene. Continue to read: newswise.com
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