To tackle the challenge of dementias we must capitalise on the breadth of available resources and expertise, and build an integrated ecosystem. In this spirit, on 2 April 2019 the UK DRI hosted the first meeting with Directors of the UK major programmes.
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UK DRI researchers, together with leading colleagues in Alzheimer’s disease across UCL and beyond, have utilised patient-derived stem cells to uncover the effects of mutation on the processing of a key protein implicated in disease progression.
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Between 19-20th March, over 500 delegates came together in the small town of Harrogate in Yorkshire for the annual Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) Conference – a particular highlight in the dementia meeting calendar.
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It was announced yesterday (Thursday 21st March) that pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai are to discontinue two phase III trials of the Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab.
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During the visit, The Princess met with our directors to hear about their vision for the institute, toured one of our new laboratories and learned about some of the cutting-edge research underway.
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Julie Williams, Associate Director, UK DRI at Cardiff heads the GERAD consortium who collaborated on a major new genetics study.
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A lively symposium has marked the official opening of our King’s College London centre.
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On Monday 14th January UK DRI held its first live streamed event hosted at the UK DRI Hub at UCL.
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Hot off the press we are delighted to announce that a major new ‘Care Research & Technology’ programme has been selected to soon join the UK DRI.
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A message from our UK DRI Directors
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Our Directors comment on new findings from the UCL MRC Prion Unit.
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5 December 2018: Summit meeting to drive global action to deliver the dementia solutions
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Our Imperial and UCL centres came together to host a meeting with selected international experts.
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Ahead of running the marathon for the dementia revolution, Dr Amanda Heslegrave explains her work on biomarkers.
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The centre has been officially opened by Health Secretary Vaughan Gething.
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Adrian Burton in conversation with our Director for The Lancet Neurology
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We're thrilled to team up with the Dementia Discovery Fund to support important research projects with potential to create meaningful new medicines for dementia.
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The new SMARTer ICELL8cx Single-Cell Automation System is installed and ready to use at our Cardiff centre.
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Our researchers were brought together in one place for the first time!
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Led by Professor Joanna Wardlaw at the UK DRI at Edinburgh
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