Bill Gates reveals ‘next phase of Alzheimer’s fight’ as he shares dad’s personal battle

Bill Gates reveals ‘next phase of Alzheimer’s fight’ as he shares dad’s personal battle

Microsoft co-founder expresses optimism about blood-based diagnostic tests after losing his father to the disease

Bill Gates and Bill Gates Sr. pose in a meeting room at the Seattle headquarters of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2008. (Gates Ventures)

Bill Gates Jr. (right) poses with his father at his graduation ceremony in 1973. (Gates family)

The Gates family poses for a photo in 1965. The elder Gates passed away in 2020 at the age of 94 after battling Alzheimer’s. (Gates family)

Alzheimer's disease currently affects more than seven million Americans, or one in nine people over 65. (iStock)