I lost my dad to Alzheimer's, so I know how difficult it is to watch someone you love slowly fade away.
As more people live into their 80s and beyond, more families will experience the devastating emotional and financial costs of this disease.
People should be able to enjoy their later years, so we need a breakthrough in Alzheimer's to allow that.
With all of the new tools and approaches in drug development, I believe we're on the cusp of a big breakthrough in Alzheimer's R&D.
We now have a breakthrough blood test that can identify the disease sooner.
This is the time to accelerate the progress before the big costs hit countries that won't be able to afford the high-priced therapies and where the budget implications of this epidemic could devastate health systems.
Our understanding of the brain and Alzheimer's is advancing a great deal.
We're making real progress, but we need to do even more.
I think we can develop an intervention that may drastically reduce the impact of the disease.
This is the frontier where we can dramatically improve human life.
