亿万富翁投资3000万美元向阿兹海默症开战
<p><span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span> <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="founder">founder</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="philanthropist">philanthropist</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="Gates">Gates</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Leonard">Leonard</span> <span word="Lauder">Lauder</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Dolby">Dolby</span> <span word="family">family</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Charles">Charles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Helen">Helen</span> <span word="Schwab">Schwab</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="committing">committing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> $30 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="detection">detection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="November">November</span>, <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="invested">invested</span> $50 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Dementia">Dementia</span> <span word="Discovery">Discovery</span> <span word="Fund">Fund</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="venture">venture</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="brings">brings</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="treatments">treatments</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>-<span word="wasting">wasting</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dementia">dementia</span>, <span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="affects">affects</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 50 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span>. <span word="Alzheimer">Alzheimer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="erodes">erodes</span> <span word="memory">memory</span>, <span word="motor">motor</span> <span word="functions">functions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="patient">patient</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="life">life</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="population">population</span> <span word="ages">ages</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="afflict">afflict</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 13.8 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2050.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="funds">funds</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="clinicians">clinicians</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="academic">academic</span> <span word="settings">settings</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="charities">charities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="biotechnology">biotechnology</span> <span word="companies">companies</span>.</p><p>美国微软公司联合创始人和慈善家比尔·盖茨加入其它亿万富翁向阿兹海默症开战。</p><p>盖茨、莱纳德·兰黛、杜比家族以及查尔斯和海伦施瓦布基金会承诺今后3年提供3000万美元用于鼓励开发早期诊断阿兹海默症的新试验。</p><p>盖茨去年11月向“痴呆症关怀基金”注资5000万美元。这是一个联合产业和政府力量的风险投资基金，目的是寻求治疗造成脑萎缩的阿兹海默症。</p>
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