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This World Alzheimer’s Month, we’re more hopeful than ever about what the years ahead will hold. For what the lives of our children and grandchildren will look like. This issue of CURE magazine showcases some of the inspiring research projects made possible by your support.
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Understanding the spark that ignites Alzheimer’s disease
Prof Louise Serpell from the University of Sussex to investigate what triggers the first stages of protein misfolding in Alzheimer’s disease
Can a drug used to treat eye disease be used to restore nerve cell damage?
Prof Nigel Hooper and his team of researchers at the University of Manchester are investigating a potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Can we predict the development of Alzheimer’s?
Researchers at King’s College hospital are investigating a new way to look at the brain that could potentially predict the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Could lasers help to diagnose dementia?
Researchers at the University of Southampton are investigating if light patterns reflected from spinal fluid could be used to diagnose Alzheimer’s.
Detecting blood vessel wall damage in the brain
Researchers from the University of Manchester are comparing newly developed imaging techniques to detect blood vessel wall damage in early Alzheimer’s disease.
Mapping a key protein in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers from the University of Bristol are using innovative techniques to visualise the distribution of a key protein responsible for regulating blood pressure in the brain.
Infections and Alzheimer’s disease: the consequences for tau.
A PhD student at the University of Southampton will investigate how bacterial infections increase the spread of tau protein in the brain.
Using new DNA technology to reveal the role of genes in neurodegenerative diseases
Professor Henry Houlden and his team are looking at how the shape and the speed of tau formation is influenced by changes in the MAPT gene, which could potentially open up new avenues for treatment.
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