Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Bill Gates giving $50 million for Alzheimer's research
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Monday that he is investing $50 million to fund research into treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 13, 2017
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Neuroscience
'Ideal biomarker' detects Alzheimer's disease before the onset of symptoms
Absence of prefrontal activation during sensory gating of simple tones predicts Alzheimer's disease (AD) before the occurrence of the first symptoms. Sanja Josef Golubic Ph.D., physicist at the Department of Physics, Faculty ...
Oct 4, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to get to a world without suicide
After his son's suicide aged 18, Steve Mallen sees the world differently. Along with a growing number of mental health experts, he wants to reduce the rate of suicide across the world, and is aiming for zero. Simon Usborne ...
Aug 1, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gates warns conflicts stoke risk of global pandemic
War and turmoil go hand-in-hand with disease and are the most likely agents to produce a global pandemic capable of killing millions of people, Bill Gates said on Saturday.
Feb 18, 2017
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Health
Family planning for 'healthier, wealthier' Africa: Melinda Gates
Family planning helps people in Africa to be healthier and wealthier, as women without contraceptives become locked in "a cycle of poverty," Melinda Gates told AFP as a conference on the topic was held in Ivory Coast.
Dec 14, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Britain and Bill Gates announce £3 billion to eradicate malaria (Update)
Britain's finance minister and tech billionaire Bill Gates unveiled Monday a plan to spend billions to eradicate "the world's deadliest killer" malaria.
Jan 25, 2016
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Medical research
International study uncovers mechanism behind Joubert syndrome
The results of an international study published in Nature Cell Biology have identified a gene (TMEM107) associated with Joubert syndrome, and crucially uncovered the mechanism by which it functions in cells, leading to a ...
Nov 25, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Bill Gates hopeful of AIDS vaccine in 10 years
Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates, who spends millions of dollars on AIDS drug development, said Friday he hoped for a vaccine against the disease within the next decade as a cure remains far off.
Jun 26, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bill Gates calls for 'germ games' instead of war games
Bill Gates opened a mock Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Conference as part of a call to be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic.
Mar 19, 2015
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Health
Bloomberg, Gates launch anti-tobacco industry fund
Billionaire philanthropists Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates launched a joint fund in Abu Dhabi Wednesday to help developing countries pass tobacco-control laws in their legal battle with industry giants.
Mar 18, 2015
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