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The Gates foundation allocates funds based on dollars per Daly (disability-adjusted year) impact. Alzheimer's is important research but it doesn't meet that cri
by allenz 9y ago
The Gates foundation allocates funds based on dollars per Daly (disability-adjusted year) impact. Alzheimer's is important research but it doesn't meet that criterion. Unlike metabolic syndrome (under the traditional definition), Alzheimer's is overwhelmingly late-onset, and the research is also riskier and more expensive.
- Nomentatus 9y agoYou jest. Grab some of the estimates of just how staggering the costs will be to us of Alzheimer's alone; as for the third world chronic illness (obesity, diabetes) is already beginning to crush their nascent medical systems. As clearly stated above I contacted them re chronic illness as a whole, not Alzheimer's specifically.