New Cure to Alzheimer’s Disease
The U.S. government on Tuesday announced new efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease, including immediately making an additional 50 million U.S. dollars available for cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research.
In addition, the U.S. government announced that its Fiscal Year 2013 budget will boost funding for Alzheimer’s research by 80 million dollars. The announcement also includes an additional 26 million dollars in caregiver support, provider education, public awareness and improvements in data infrastructure.
“This new funding will accelerate NIH’s effort to use the power of science to develop new ways of helping people with Alzheimer’s disease and those at risk,” said National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.
The additional NIH research funding will support both basic and clinical research. Investments will include research to identify genes that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and testing therapies in individuals at the highest risk for the disease. On the clinical side, the funds may be used to expand efforts to move new therapeutic approaches into clinical trials and to develop better databases to assess the nation’s burden of cognitive impairment and dementia.