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Alzheimer’s Disease Part Three: Meeting 2025 Goals

  In early 2011, the National Alzheimer’s Project was formed — a strategic plan aimed at addressing the looming health care crisis posed by the disease and the aging population. Its aim: to coordinate research efforts across the U.S. federal government with the goal of preventing or effectively treating Alzheimer’s Disease by 2025. Since then,...

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Alzheimer’s Disease: Part One – Another One Bites the Dust

Alzheimer’s Disease: Part One – Another one bites the dust, but a possible glimmer of hope on the horizon   On February 14, Merck halted the Phase 3 trial of its Alzheimer’s disease drug candidate, verubecestat, after independent analysis showed that the drug had “virtually no chance of working.” This late stage failure was just the...

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Makes First Bio Research Awards

Last fall, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced plans to invest $3 billion over 10 years in scientific efforts with an ambitious long-range aim to “cure, prevent or manage” all diseases. As a first part of that effort, they directed $600 million towards the establishment of the CZ Biohub in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. This...