Research Researcher profile: Combining genetics and lifestyle From our Autumn 2016 issue of Care and Cure magazine, hear from Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley- an Alzheimer's Society and BRACE research fellow and a senior lecturer in psychology at Cardiff University. She is based at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC). Read more
Research Risk gene at work in childhood From the Autumn 2016 edition of Care and cure magazine, The APOE4 gene may have effects on the brain even in early age. Read more
Research Understanding the genetics of the Brains for Dementia Research participants Research project: Adding value to the Brains for Dementia Research cohort with additional genetic data. Read more
Real stories Meet the researcher: Charlie Arber Meet Charlie Arber, Alzheimer’s Society Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute of Neurology, London. 31 March 2021 2
Research Getting a ‘Clu’ about the causes of Alzheimer’s disease Research project: Unravelling the molecular basis of the association of genetic variation in the clusterin gene with risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
News Female chromosomes offer resilience to Alzheimer's - Alzheimer's Society responds It’s exciting to see how this unpicks the differences in risk of dementia for men and women and could contribute to our understanding of how our genes provide resilience to Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
Real stories Deciding whether to find out if I will develop dementia At 35, Hannah Mackay was told that she carries a rare gene which means she will go on to develop a form of Frontotemporal dementia. She explains why, for her, it was better to know, and how she’s now determined to raise funds for dementia research. 13 December 2019 0
Research Gene genie - a new gene therapy initiative We know that some types of dementia are caused by inherited gene mutations, but what if we could fix these genes to stop them causing disease? Alzheimer's Society is a partner in the UK Dementia Research Institute, which is investing £2 million in an initiative to do just that. 12 September 2019 1
Research Women and dementia - new insights Worldwide, women with dementia outnumber men two to one, but biomedical research is only now beginning to investigate why this is the case. 11 September 2019 2
Research Research news in brief: Summer 2019 Recent research funded by Alzheimer's Society has improved early detection, enhanced care practice and deepened our understanding of how the brain functions. 04 June 2019 0
News American scientists announce dementia test advance - Alzheimer's Society comment Scientists in America have today published research in which they say they have developed blood tests that can predict dementia risk and recommend them for use in selecting participants for dementia prevention trials. Read more
Research Genetic research is important for people with dementia like Daniel Bradbury Researchers have been working tirelessly over the last two decades to understand the genetics of dementia. Find out how this fast-moving area of research could be life-changing for people like Daniel Bradbury, who was diagnosed with a rare form of dementia, aged 30. 07 February 2019 8
