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June 30, 2005
UM Health System receives $10M grant for Alzheimer's Research
"ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The University of Michigan said Thursday that it has received a $10 million federal grant to support continued research into Alzheimer's disease. The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding the five-year grant to the university's Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, the only such facility in Michigan and one of 33 nationwide. The new money will fund the center's Memory and Aging Project, a long-term study of memory, aging and dementia; laboratory research into a potential way to disable a protein believed to kill brain cells and trigger Alzheimer's symptoms; tests of new drugs and an experimental Alzheimer's vaccine; and efforts to encourage more minorities to participate in clinical studies. About 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's, a progressive form of dementia that usually starts among people in their 40s or 50s. Experts predict more than 10 million people will be diagnosed with the disease in the next 25 years.
"As the population gets older, the prevalence and cost of Alzheimer's disease will escalate, too," said Dr. Sid Gilman, director of the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. "The total cost of the disease is estimated at $100 billion now, and that's conservative. Better treatment and prevention is urgently needed." The research center also is seeking older people who do not have memory loss or dementia to participate in comparative and to help researchers better understand the brain as it ages.
Researchers know that advancing age and a family history of dementia increases an individual's risk of developing Alzheimer's. But there is neither a cure for the disease nor reliable treatment for its symptoms, although a few medications that appear to help some patients have been approved for use. The Michigan research center has received federal funding since 1989. Its Memory and Aging Project has enrolled more than 1,000 state residents since then; researchers are following the progress of hundreds who are still alive."
Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA (30 June 2005) [FullText]
"As the population gets older, the prevalence and cost of Alzheimer's disease will escalate, too," said Dr. Sid Gilman, director of the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. "The total cost of the disease is estimated at $100 billion now, and that's conservative. Better treatment and prevention is urgently needed." The research center also is seeking older people who do not have memory loss or dementia to participate in comparative and to help researchers better understand the brain as it ages.
Researchers know that advancing age and a family history of dementia increases an individual's risk of developing Alzheimer's. But there is neither a cure for the disease nor reliable treatment for its symptoms, although a few medications that appear to help some patients have been approved for use. The Michigan research center has received federal funding since 1989. Its Memory and Aging Project has enrolled more than 1,000 state residents since then; researchers are following the progress of hundreds who are still alive."
Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA (30 June 2005) [FullText]
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