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Alzheimer’s: mouse study may have uncovered drug that can prevent the disease

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10 March 202123 March 2021

Although around one in 14 people over 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, there’s still no cure, and no way to prevent the disease from progressing. But a recent study may bring…Read More >

Brain cells long thought of as passive play key role in memory – study in mice

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10 February 20203 November 2021

Microglia – cells long thought to be solely the brain’s support network – may actually play a key role in retaining memories, a new study in mice shows. Writing for…Read More >

My summer of science: could Viagra be used to restore visual memory in Alzheimer’s?

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1 October 201916 November 2021

Bozhana Stoyanova spent her summer doing Alzheimer’s research in Dr Francesco Tamagnini’s lab with a Physiological Society undergraduate studentship. Here she tells us about getting to grips with running experiments…Read More >

Defeating dementia

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20 September 20193 November 2021

From finding brain changes decades before dementia strikes to exploring the protective effects of speaking another language, Reading researchers are targeting the disease on several fronts. For World Alzheimer’s Day,…Read More >

Alzheimer’s researcher invited to the Captains’ table in San Marino

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29 August 20183 November 2021

A University of Reading researcher has been honoured with a reception in his home country of San Marino. On the 13th of August 2018, the Most Excellent Regent Captains of…Read More >

Jogging memories with sounds and pictures

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22 May 201816 November 2021

It’s Dementia Action Week. Reading researchers are tackling the problem of dementia on all fronts, from investigating its causes to how we can improve care and quality of life for…Read More >

Brain Glue- Sticking it to dementia

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28 February 20183 November 2021

50 million people around the world are living with dementia and that figure is set to reach 152 million by 2050. Ahead of tonight’s public lecture, neuroscientist Dr Mark Dallas…Read More >

Watchers on the wall: Microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease

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28 September 201715 November 2021

By Laura Thei, University of Reading, UK Reproduced with permission from The Physiological Society’s blog. The watch, worn by years of use, sits ticking on our table for the first…Read More >

How the brain’s ‘biological hoovers’ could help us understand Alzheimer’s Disease

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1 February 20173 November 2021

By Dr Mark Dallas, Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Reading Our hope as dementia scientists is that these cells could unlock a new avenue of treatments that alters…Read More >

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