Alzheimer's research continues to get major funding from places like the National Institutes for Health, the National Institute on Aging and private donors.
It has been a big week for Alzheimer's research with large grants being awarded to multiple organizations, and a private donation of $50 million going to the University of Washington Medicine.
A portion of the Federal budget was passed by Congress and signed into law at the beginning of the 2019 fiscal year. This partial budget provided funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the National Institutes of Health and within that organization, the National Institute on Aging .
The Indiana University School of Medicine was awarded a $36 million grant from the NIH that's expected to launch a drug discovery center to accelerate the development of promising treatments for Alzheimer's disease, which is also a partnership with the Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery. "We are extremely grateful to the National Institutes of Health for this extraordinary grant that will further IU's robust efforts to advance the scientific research needed to fulfill our vision of slowing—and ultimately defeating—a disease that has resisted effective treatment for far too long," Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbieMAC Inc. announced in September that the agency had received $1 million in grant funding from the U.S.
"The program will assist people with Alzheimer's and dementia, especially those living alone, to remain independent at home by providing community-based interventions and programs. The program will also feature a caregiver resource center, which includes supports and emerging technologies in Alzheimer's care," Carol Zimmerman, director of the Life Bridges Project at MAC,
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