UK DRI at Edinburgh
The UK DRI at Edinburgh focuses on understanding how all the different cell types in our brains work together to keep the brain healthy, how this goes wrong in dementia, and how this process can be slowed or stopped to alter disease progression.
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Chancellor’s Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Bioquarter, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB
Beverly Roberts
Based in the Edinburgh BioQuarter, a centre of excellence for life sciences research and development, the UK DRI at Edinburgh aims to piece together how the different cells, systems and processes work together to keep our brains healthy as we age, and what goes wrong to trigger neurodegenerative disease.
Specialised cells in the brain, including neurons, macroglia, microglia and vascular cells influence each other during the onset and progression of disease. The mission of the Centre and its expert team of researchers is to reveal the interactions between these cells, to understand how they control the trajectory of neurodegenerative disease. With this knowledge, the team aim to develop new therapeutic targets for these conditions.
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