Bill Gates invests $50M in Alzheimer’s research

AUSTIN (CNN) — Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is taking on a new challenge: dementia research. The billionaire is investing $50 million.
Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and affects more than five million Americans right now, which could reach 16 million Americans by 2050. It’s the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States.
“We don’t really have anything that stops Alzheimer’s,” Gates said. “And so the gro