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Interdisciplinary Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and the Roles International Societies Can Play
- Source :
- Aging and Disease
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Aging and Disease, 2021.
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Abstract
- An ever-increasing ageing population has elevated Alzheimer's disease to be one of the biggest challenges in modern medicine. Alzheimer's disease is highly complex, and we are still no closer to understanding the causes, let alone an effective treatment. The lack of good experimental models and lack of critical understanding has led to high failure rates of clinical trials with high associated costs, as well as difficulties in implementing treatments. The multifaceted nature of this disease highlights the need for an interdisciplinary approach to address these concerns. In this essay, we suggest how collaborative work can be useful in addressing some of the above issues. We then propose that international organisations and publishers need to support interdisciplinary research by creating platforms, lobbying funders, and pushing for interdisciplinary publications. We further highlight some of the issues involved in implementing these suggestions and argue that willpower of the research community, together with a re-evaluation of evaluation metrics and incentive systems, are needed in order to foster interdisciplinary research. Overall, we emphasise the need for interdisciplinary research in Alzheimer's disease and suggest that international societies should play a huge role in this endeavour.
- Subjects :
- international societies
0301 basic medicine
Modern medicine
Population ageing
research
Cell Biology
Disease
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
Incentive
Political science
Research community
interdisciplinary
Commentary
Effective treatment
Engineering ethics
Neurology (clinical)
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Alzheimer’s disease
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21525250
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Aging and disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....81c975fc512f199f470717cae6919125