The man who discovered Alzheimer's disease was Alois Alzheimer; he discovered this after the death of a patient suffering from an abnormal mental illness. Alzheimer's, also known as AD, is named after Alois Alzheimer and is an ongoing loss of brain function that affects thinking skills, such as forming or retrieving memories, and judgment. I think it took him so long to discover that it was a new disease because Alzheimer's can be so subtle that only a drastic change in vision of the brain can show the outcome of the cells. This disease affects older people, however it is not a normal part of aging. AD does not yet have a cure, but scientists are trying to find the root of the disease and control its destructive power. There is currently no cure for Alzheimer's, scientists have also tried to increase the time during which the disease can completely take over nerve cell connections, which, however, today cannot be achieved, sometimes if the disease is diagnosed early it can be slowed down, but it is very rare. However, they are developing treatments that could help with the symptoms. Of approximately 7 billion people in the world, 300 million are Americans and the Alzheimer's Association states that “Today, more than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's” (Stone, “Genetics and Alzheimer's”). Alzheimer's disease is the source of the destruction or decline of brain cells or nerve cells. Due to damaged nerve cells, the brain may have fewer connections than healthy brain cells. Amyloid plaques are outside the cell and are groups of proteins, neurofibrillary tangles are also proteins, but are inside the cell. Whether or not these protein clumps have any effect on Alzheimer's has not been confirmed, but they are... middle of paper... and destructive as she ages. He advanced to the point where he no longer remembered his grandchildren, and sometimes even his children. She seemed stuck in time, for example, the only person she could really remember was her husband, who died about 14 years ago, every day she waited for this man who would never return. I thought it was unusual because he had only had it for 8 years so I didn't understand how he couldn't remember any before. I wanted to be able to understand what was going on in his mind. Alzheimer's affects the mind's ability to function and only gets worse over time, to the point that you need to be treated hourly. Although there is no cure for this problem, scientists are interested in finding one. The topic fascinated me because, even though it seems like Alzheimer's doesn't have much depth, it's actually very complicated.