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Neighbourhood deprivation linked to brain vessel damage and higher dementia risk

05 Nov 2025

Cambridge researchers have discovered why living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be linked to an increase in an individual’s risk of dementia...

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Cambridge spinout to develop AI-driven 'brain forecast' tech

28 Oct 2025

A Cambridge spinout is developing an AI-driven 'brain forecast' technology to help clinicians predict how brain disease will progress in patients.

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Dementia linked to problems with brain’s waste clearance system

23 Oct 2025

Problems with the brain’s waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep patterns and cardiovascular...

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Mice are vital in the search for effective new dementia treatments

30 Jul 2025

Animal research is an essential part of the drug discovery process - allowing scientists to test new treatments that could help change people’s lives.

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Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia

24 Jul 2025

An analysis of studies incorporating data from almost 30 million people has highlighted the role that air pollution – including that coming from car...

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AI can accelerate search for more effective Alzheimer’s medicines by streamlining clinical trials

17 Jul 2025

Scientists have used AI to re-analyse a clinical trial for an Alzheimer’s medicine, and identified a group of patients who responded to treatment...

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AI can be good for our health and wellbeing

07 Apr 2025

Cambridge researchers are looking at ways that AI can transform everything from drug discovery to Alzheimer's diagnoses to GP consultations.

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Dementia patients and their carers to be asked about direction of drug research

19 Mar 2025

Cambridge researchers are seeking the views of people with lived experience of dementia – patients and their friends and families – on which existing...

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Cambridge researcher aims to unlock new dementia treatments with nationwide blood test trial

13 Feb 2025

A simple blood test is being rolled out across the UK as part of a new study to detect early signs of dementia decades before it develops and help...

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Antibiotics, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication linked to reduced risk of dementia

21 Jan 2025

Antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication are associated with reduced risk of dementia, according to new research that...

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Glaucoma drug shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases, animal studies suggest

31 Oct 2024

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which...

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‘Far from clear’ new Alzheimer’s drugs will make a difference at a population level, say researchers

06 Aug 2024

Cambridge researchers have cast doubt on whether new amyloid immunotherapy drugs will have the desired effect of significantly reducing the impact of...

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