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Old 01-31-2013, 09:18 AM #1
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Default Funding levels for Alzheimer’s Disease research is driving scientists away, says surv

http://medcitynews.com/2013/01/fundi...y-says-survey/

assuming the numbers are right in the article.
surprising at how much more funding other diseases get.

Roughly 5.1 million people in the U.S. are believed to have Alzheimer’s Disease. CDC data shows that26.5 million adults have been diagnosed with heart disease, as of 2011. About 1.1 million are infected with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

With the baby boomer generation at or approaching retirement age, they’ll be at greater risk for Alzheimer’s and other degenerative neurological and eye conditions. It seems like an appropriate time to re-evaluate research and funding priorities. But it’s also encouraging that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently permitted a clinical trial using remote monitoring and crowdsourcing for more efficient trial design that could cut down on the cost of recruitment and doing these studies. A group of nonprofits that includes Bright Focus called 21st Century BrainTrust are exploring ways to make clinical trials more efficient by developing ways for people to get a baseline on their cognitive health.

Read more: http://medcitynews.com/2013/01/fundi...#ixzz2JYxYdAuT
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