The Next Alzheimer's Breakthrough Will Take More Than Just Science

The Next Alzheimer's Breakthrough Will Take More Than Just Science At WIRED Health, pioneering Alzheimer's researcher John Hardy outlined the stakes--and next steps--of where treatment is headed next. Alzheimer's research is entering a new phase, as treatments that have taken decades to develop begin to reach patients . But getting those advances to people will depend on more than scientific progress alone, according to pioneering Alzheimer's researcher John Hardy . Speaking at WIRED Health in April, Hardy, chair of the Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at University College London, said that alongside more effective drugs, better diagnosis and political will were still needed to improve treatment of Alzheimer's disease. "We've got to get better," he said.