US to create Alzheimers research database in 300M project

The U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) is funding an up to $300M project to create a research database for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) which can track Americans’ health for many years and help researchers to get insights on AD, Reuters reported. The NIA plans to create a data platform — under the six-year project — capable of hosting long-term health information of 70% to 90% of the U.S. population, the report added. The platform will pick information from medical records, insurance claims, pharmacies, mobiles, sensors and other government departments. The funding announcement puts the earliest beginning date to be April…