Dementia Research Centre

The 果冻影院 Dementia Research Centre is a hub for patient-centred research into dementias. As well as clinical studies and trials in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and other common causes of dementia, we have particular expertise in young-onset, inherited and unusual dementias. Our work focuses on identifying and understanding the disease processes that cause dementia, the factors that influence these disease processes, ways to improve diagnosis and treatments, and how best to support people with dementia and their families. Our research is closely integrated with the NHS Cognitive Disorders Service we run at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Highlights this month...

Prof Jonathan Schott and Dr Ashvini Keshavan

Research teams at 果冻影院 Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Dementias Platform UK, based at the University of Oxford, have been awarded the Blood Biomarker Challenge, which is a multi-million-pound award given by听,听听, the听National Institute for Health and Research听and Gates Ventures, including 拢5m raised by players of the People鈥檚 Postcode Lottery.听

The project aims to revolutionise dementia diagnosis听by capitalising听on recent breakthroughs in potential dementia blood tests to generate the evidence needed for them to be used in the NHS within the next 5 years.

The 果冻影院 team will be led听by听听(果冻影院 Queen Square Institute of Neurology, honorary consultant neurologist at 果冻影院H, and Chief Medical Officer at Alzheimer鈥檚 Research UK)听and听听(果冻影院 Queen Square Institute of Neurology), the Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Plasma听p-tau217听(ADAPT) team听will focus on the most promising biomarker for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, called p-tau217.

More information about the project can be found here.

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