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The brain disease causes people to slowly lose their memory and mental abilities as they grow old.
Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, said Monday he has given $50 million to the Dementia Discovery Fund. T
he London-based fund aims to bring business and government together
to seek treatments for the brain-wasting disease.
Another $50 million will go to start-up groups working in Alzheimer’s research, Gates said.
The money is a personal donation and not from his charitable organization,
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“Bill Gates” trended worldwide on social media Monday.
Dementia, of which Alzheimer’s is the most common form, affects close to 50 million people worldwide.
It is expected to affect more than 131 million by the year 2050, the Alzheimer’s Disease International group says.
“It’s a huge problem, a growing problem, and the scale of the tragedy -
even for the people who stay alive - is very high,” Gates told the Reuters news agency.
Despite many years of research, scientists have not found a treatment
that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s. Current drugs can do no more than ease some of the effects.
But Gates said he is hopeful that treatments can be found, even if they might still be more than 10 years away.
Gates’ usual health focus is on helping fight infectious diseases in poorer countries.
He said Alzheimer’s became his mission partly for personal reasons,
and partly because it has been so difficult to find effective treatment.
Some men in his family have suffered from Alzheimer’s, he said.
In a blog post about the investments, Gates wrote,
“I know how awful it is to watch people you love struggle as the disease robs them of their mental capacity.
It feels a lot like you’re experiencing a gradual death of the person that you knew.”
Words in This Story
dementia - n. a mental illness that causes someone to be unable to think clearly
or to understand what is real and what is not real
fund - n. an amount of money that is used for a special purpose
start-up - adj. a new business
charitable - adj. done or designed to help people who are poor, sick, etc.
scale - n. the size or level of something especially in comparison to something else
capacity - n. the ability to do something : a mental, emotional, or physical ability
gradual - adj. happening in a slow way over a long period of time
첫댓글 이방은 , 영어방이라기 보다는,
세계문화, 건강, 음식, 음악,영화, 스포츠, 미래의 먹거리인 로봇트,
교육,관광, 예술 등등의
급변하는 신소식을 전하는 공간이다...라고 생각한다..
그러므로서,
우리의 생각들이 고루하지도 않고,
우리들의 손녀/ 손자들에게 새로운 지식을
같이 나누는 장에
도움이 되었으면 하는 바람이 있고,
희망하여봅니다..
Bill Gates..
He is a business CEO and philanthropist.
I admire his open mind..
Yes, Bill is great philanthropist..
Your expression to the word would be great such as Philanthrolist....
# Philanthropist : a rich person who helps the poor
and those in need, especially by giving the money.....~~
알츠하이머는 걸렸다 하면
낳지 않는 병이기에
빨리 약을 개발하여
많은 사람들을 구제해
주면 좋겠네요...
빌게이트 같은 부자들이
많은 관심이 있으면 좋겠습니다