HealthDay reports that “many of the professionals who attended the ninth international conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in Philadelphia this past summer predicted a viable treatment within the next 10 years.” Alzheimer’s research has been a priority for the NIA since the early 1990s; in many ways, the current state of public and private funding mirrors the the fight against cancer that commenced in the 1970s. The big difference is that it may take half as long and a fraction of the cost to win this war – one of many benefits of modern medical technology. Advocates for healthy life extension would like to see the same powerful engines of science, funding and public opinion turned to aging and serious anti-aging research.
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