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Podcast: StartUp Health NOW Podcast
Episode: Supercharging Alzheimer’s Research: Gates Ventures Backs a Million-Dollar AI Initiative
Description: Unlocking Innovation: The Alzheimer’s Insights AI Prize and Its Impact on Healthcare
There are currently more than 55 million people worldwide living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Recent breakthroughs in new treatments and diagnostics provide hope, but there is potential to accelerate the pace of discovery and development.
Last year, StartUp Health, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s (ADDF) Diagnostics Accelerator (DxA) and Gates Ventures, the private office of Bill Gates, launched the Alzheimer’s Moonshot. This initiative breaks down silos and fosters meaningful collaboration between mission-aligned founders, funders, and partners...