“Scientists have conducted a lot of research on the disease, but there’s still no simple explanation for it. But James Truchard wants to change that. Truchard is former president and CEO of the multi-billion-dollar Austin-based tech company, National Instruments. He recently gave $5 million to the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Sciences for the new Oskar Fischer Project; the money will be divvied among the scientists who can sufficiently explain what causes Alzheimer’s. Truchard says the idea for the prize money came to him after witnessing how his first wife lost her memory and struggled with her mental health over a period of 18 years, before she eventually died from an aneurysm.”
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A $5 Million Prize Will Go To Scientists Who Can Come Up With A Simple Explanation For Alzheimer’s
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