Looking Ahead in 2020

Innovation

Alzheimer’s Disease: Why One Company Refuses to Give Up the Search for a Cure

It's the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, with no existing cure. But these researchers are committed to finding better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the debilitating disease, using everything from innovative biomarker tracking to a potential vaccine for early stage patients.

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Cracking the Genetic Code: Why Gene Sequencing May Hold the Key to Intercepting Diseases Before They Start

Cancer. Alzheimer’s. Even suicide risk. The clues to preventing these and other conditions could be found in our DNA—and these scientists are at the forefront of promising new genetic data research to uncover them.

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The Quest for "Immorbidity": What If You Could Live a Long Life—Disease-Free?

Brilliant, outside-the-box ideas to help people live without illness as they live longer. That's what Johnson & Johnson and the National Academy of Medicine are looking for through a unique collaboration—and they’re putting up millions of dollars in prize money to find them.

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“I Have a Vision for Helping Advance Healthcare”: Meet 6 Leaders Working on Inspiring Innovations in 2020

From robotics solutions for orthopedic surgery to the potential to bring new hope to patients living with multiple myeloma through CAR-T, these are just some of the cutting-edge projects that these visionaries think could potentially help propel healthcare forward around the globe.

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