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Marking Parkinson's

Physical sciences illuminate neurodegenerative diseases

28 May 2012

What do physicists, chemists, mathematicians and biologists have in common? One of the answers at Cambridge is a shared interest in unravelling the...

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amyloid plaques

Down’s syndrome stem cells used to model Alzheimer’s

16 Feb 2012

Innovative way to study Alzheimer's disease developed by Cambridge scientists.

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Vinay at home

Defeating dementia in Down’s syndrome

08 Feb 2012

A £1m brain-imaging study has just been launched at the University of Cambridge to investigate why people with Down’s syndrome (DS) are at such high...

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Neural stem cells

Brain cells created from patients’ skin cells

06 Feb 2012

Research paves way for innovative techniques to explore disease as diverse as autism and Alzheimer’s.

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Pensive parent

Search and rescue: scientists identify a novel therapy with potential for treating Parkinson’s disease

22 Dec 2011

A collaboration between virologists and neuroscientists at Cambridge University has demonstrated how viruses that cross the blood/brain barrier could...

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beakers

Cambridge-Elan Centre for Research Innovation and Drug Discovery launched

28 Nov 2011

World’s leading researchers work together on therapeutic advances in neuroscience.

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'Ella-Whiltshire' Mind over Matter

Behind the doors of the brain bank

21 Oct 2011

A new exhibition at the Shoreditch Town Hall is set to explain what it means to donate your brain.

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Alzheimer’s test developed at Cambridge to be trialled by GPs

07 Sep 2011

Launch of first ever rapid, objectively-scored GP assessment to differentiate between patients with memory loss due to the earliest signs of...

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Brain scans

Test could detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier

16 May 2011

Innovation on the strength of a simple test identified in a new study would enable intervention before damage is done.

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sheep

Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed

14 Mar 2011

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.

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Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera Tryoni

Alzheimer’s: working with Drosophila

04 Jan 2011

There are over 15 million people suffering from Alzheimer's disease globally and the current cost to the economy represents at least one per cent of...

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Queensland Fruit Fly - Bactrocera tryoni

Fruit flies and test tubes shed new light on Alzheimer’s

11 Mar 2010

A team of scientists from Cambridge and Sweden have discovered a molecule that can prevent a toxic protein involved Alzheimer's disease from building...

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