https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/shakera-karolia/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.htmlPhoto by atwena Goodman on Unsplash Homework 1: An elephant-memory-inspired neuroprotective biologic for dementia What do I want to make, and why? Elephants show exceptional long-term social and spatial memory. That’s worth investigating for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, which are devastating for both patients and the families who watch a loved one disappear in front of them. Roughly 55 million people currently live with dementia worldwide, a number projected to almost double to 78 million by 2030 and reach 139 million by 2050 as the world’s population ages, with the majority of cases already occurring in low- and middle-income countries (Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2015).Hugoen