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One MRI scan can now reveal how quickly you're aging. Faster aging links to poor memory, chronic illness, and earlier death.
Researchers have shown that genetic messages are misplaced in nerve cells in a model of Alzheimer’s disease and ...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have shown that genetic messages are misplaced in nerve cells in a model ...
Bringing together world-leading expertise across the spectrum of dementia research, and maximising the benefit of cutting-edge facilities and skills, the newly announced centres join UCL, which was ...
The UCL trial involved 377 people with dementia recruited from NHS memory and older adult mental health services, and their family carers. Half received standard care while the rest took part in ...
One of ISG's most significant projects is the £281.6 million Queen Square Institute of Neurology and UK Dementia Research Institute for the University College London, designed by Hawkins Brown. ...
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting about 35 million people worldwide, and the number is growing. The protein amyloid beta, which occurs naturally in the brain, plays a ...
Public health interventions that tackle dementia risk factors could yield as much as £4bn in savings in England by reducing dementia rates and helping people to live longer and healthier, finds a ...
Led by Professor Jonathan Schott (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, honorary consultant neurologist at UCLH, and Chief Medical Officer at Alzheimer's Research UK) and Dr Ashvini Keshavan ...
Lead author, Dr. Yuntao Chen (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care), said, "It is shocking to think that the number of people living with dementia by 2040 may be up to 70% higher than if ...
Principal investigator, Professor Eric Brunner (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care), said: "Our research has exposed that dementia is likely to be a more urgent policy problem than ...