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Sep 13, 2024 - Research

Promising new Alzheimer’s treatment targets and destroys tau aggregates

A team of scientists from the UK DRI at Cambridge and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB) have developed new therapies...

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Nov 13, 2024 - Update

Multimillion major new funding for developing and delivering solutions for people with dementia

The UK Dementia Research Institute has today announced multimillion major new government funding to “supercharge” advances in research and develop and deliver new solutions for...

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Oct 24, 2024 - Update

New £20m Dementia Trials Accelerator will increase number of dementia trial participants to “tens of thousands”

A new “Dementia Trials Accelerator”, backed by £20m of government funding, has been launched to increase the number of people participating in dementia clinical trials...

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May 03, 2024 - Update

New UK DRI scheme launched to fund bold and boundary pushing research

We are delighted to announce the first recipients of the new ‘Key Questions’ intramural funding...

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Apr 26, 2024 - Event

Dr Kiran K G Ravindran, UK DRI Care Research & Technology: My Week in Westminster at the Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2024

Dr Kiran K G Ravindran is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Prof Derk-Jan Dijk...

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Apr 26, 2024 - Blog

Dr Georgina Starling, UK DRI at UCL: My Week in Westminster at the Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2024

Dr Georgina (George) Starling is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow joint between Prof Adrian Isaacs lab...

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Apr 25, 2024 - Event

A critical time for AI, dementia and better brain health

Ahead of BioBeat24, Iraida Soria-Espinosa, Senior Innovation & Business Manager at UK DRI, and Miranda...

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Apr 18, 2024 - Update

Introducing Philip Hasel, UK DRI at Edinburgh: Unlocking the role of astrocytes in brain health and disease

During his postdoc Dr Philip Hasel (UK DRI at Edinburgh) discovered a distinct type of...

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Apr 15, 2024 - Research

How temperature and circadian rhythms intersect to regulate a protein shown to protect against neurodegeneration

A new study led by Dr Marco Brancaccio (UK DRI at Imperial) and Dr Marieke...

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Apr 10, 2024 - Feature

World Parkinson’s Day: What do we know about Parkinson’s?

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition, affecting over 150,000 people in the UK. It is...

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Apr 04, 2024 - Update

Major project launched to deliver blood tests for dementia

A world-class research team at UCL led by UK DRI Co-Investigator Prof Jonathan Schott, and...

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Mar 26, 2024 - Research

Understanding the role of microglia in Alzheimer’s using a novel humanised model of disease

Microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, are implicated in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, but...

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Mar 26, 2024 - Update

Professor David Attwell appointed to spearhead the BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof David Attwell as the Centre Director...

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Mar 20, 2024 - Feature

World Down Syndrome Day: Down syndrome and dementia-associated seizures

There are approximately 6 million people worldwide who have Down syndrome. About two in three...

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Mar 14, 2024 - Update

UK DRI at Cambridge researcher awarded 2024 Novo Nordisk Prize for development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques

Prof Sir David Klenerman (UK DRI and Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University...

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

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