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Dr Colin Reveley, one of our Daphne Jackson Fellows, is developing MRI techniques to investigate the structure of grey matter in the brain. This could help diagnose dementia sooner and identify those most at risk earlier in life.

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Joanna Zukowska describes her Alzheimer's Society funded project investigating how to clear toxic amyloid protein from the brain.

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Prof Nathan Davies was funded by Alzheimer’s Society as a junior fellow early in his career. Now, as Co-Director of the Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Dementia Care, he's inspiring the next generation of dementia researchers.

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After real-world testing in an outpatient cognitive service, a new protocol shows how an accelerated procedure can cut scan time without compromising diagnostic utility.

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During his DRL Fellowship (2025–29), Professor Dave Cash hopes to make dementia clinical trials cheaper and faster. This would reduce the time to identify successful drugs, enabling patients to get access to effective drugs earlier.

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