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Dec 17, 2024 - Feature

2024 Wrapped: Progress, partnerships and possibilities

As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a transformative year for the UK DRI.

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Dec 17, 2024 - Update

Welcoming a new Centre Director to the UK DRI at Imperial

We are pleased to announce that our new Centre Director for the UK DRI at Imperial is Prof William Wisden, an expert in the study...

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Dec 13, 2024 - Research

How DNA markers influence gene expression in different cells and tissues

A new study, led by Dr Sarah Marzi (UK DRI at King’s) and Alan Murphy (UK DRI at Imperial), reveals key insight into how gene...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?

A research team led by Prof. Bart De Strooper, UK DRI Director, studied how specialised...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Comment: New dementia classification highlights need for better diagnostics and personalised interventions

Scientists and clinicians have described a new form of dementia that exhibits symptoms similar to...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Running for the Dementia Revolution

This Sunday, thousands of marathon runners will be pounding the streets of London, raising vital...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

MP visit to UK DRI: Highlighting the importance of dementia research to the UK

We were delighted to welcome a group of MPs to the UK DRI labs at...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Study finds re-purposing blood pressure drug may treat several neurodegenerative conditions

A team led by Professor David Rubinsztein, UK DRI at Cambridge, have shown that a...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Launching: UK DRI Care Research & Technology at Imperial

We’re thrilled to officially appoint our seventh centre of the UK DRI, after a competitive...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Dementia UK Ecosystem: Action through alliance

To tackle the challenge of dementias we must capitalise on the breadth of available resources...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Cells from Alzheimer’s disease patients shed light on disease mechanism

UK DRI researchers, together with leading colleagues in Alzheimer’s disease across UCL and beyond, have...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Dementia research sheds light on safer treatments for leukaemia

An international team of researchers at VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium, the UK Dementia Institute and the...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

UCL research into genetic therapies for dementia boosted by £5m donation from The Sigrid Rausing Trust

A new programme to test promising genetic therapies for neurodegenerative and dementia-causing diseases such as...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

UK DRI Early Career Workshop on neuroinflammation – An in-depth look at our first themed event

In the first focussed ‘Theme’ event for the UK DRI, early-career researchers from across the...

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Sep 26, 2019 - Blog

Meeting report: 'Development of the dopaminergic system – from stem cells to circuits'

Co-organised by Dr Emmanouil Metzakopian, UK DRI at Cambridge, the 2019 CamBioScience conference in Crete...

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Shaping the future of dementia research: Meet the UK DRI’s newest Emerging Leaders

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Featured

2024 Wrapped: Progress, partnerships and possibilities

Welcoming a new Centre Director to the UK DRI at Imperial

How DNA markers influence gene expression in different cells and tissues

Search for news

Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?

Comment: New dementia classification highlights need for better diagnostics and personalised interventions

Running for the Dementia Revolution

MP visit to UK DRI: Highlighting the importance of dementia research to the UK

Study finds re-purposing blood pressure drug may treat several neurodegenerative conditions

Launching: UK DRI Care Research & Technology at Imperial

Dementia UK Ecosystem: ​Action through alliance

Cells from Alzheimer’s disease patients shed light on disease mechanism

Dementia research sheds light on safer treatments for leukaemia

UCL research into genetic therapies for dementia boosted by £5m donation from The Sigrid Rausing Trust

UK DRI Early Career Workshop on neuroinflammation – An in-depth look at our first themed event

Meeting report: 'Development of the dopaminergic system – from stem cells to circuits'

Dementia UK Ecosystem: Action through alliance