Philanthropists donate $30m towards finding Alzheimer’s cure

A coalition of philanthropists has announced they are donating more than $30 million in a drive to combat Alzheimer’s disease. Bill Gates and Leonard Lauder are among those who have joined forces to launch the Diagnostic Accelerator, a tool that develops biomarkers that could lead to the early detection of the disease. A statement on the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s (ADDF) website explains the ethos behind the move: “Currently available tests for Alzheimer’s are expensive and invasive. Reliable, affordable, and accessible biomarkers have the potential to revolutionize how we approach Alzheimer’s disease by allowing us to better understand how the disease progresses, more easily identify people for clinical trials, and more accurately monitor their response to treatments.”