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Read more at: Prof James Rowe receives new Wellcome Investigator Award in Science

Prof James Rowe receives new Wellcome Investigator Award in Science

19 April 2021

Professor James B Rowe received 5 years of funding from Wellcome under Investigator Award in Science to conduct project titled "Bridging the gap: biophysical models of human frontotemporal lobar degeneration". Prof Rowe explains the project: To treat and prevent dementia in patients, it is essential to understand how...


Read more at: ABN Fellowship for Dr Katherine Stockton (Rowe Group)

ABN Fellowship for Dr Katherine Stockton (Rowe Group)

19 April 2021

Dr Katherine Stockton (Rowe Group) received an Association of British Neurologists Fellowship to conduct research into ‘Survival in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: identifying blood, brain and behavioural predictors of survival and loss of independence’ and will commence in May 2021. https://www.theabn.org/page/...


Read more at: Prof Giovanna Mallucci receives Potamkin Prize
Prof Giovanna Mallucci receives Potamkin Prize

Prof Giovanna Mallucci receives Potamkin Prize

19 April 2021

Prof Giovanna Mallucci receives Potamkin Prize, regarded the ‘Nobel Prize of Alzheimer’s research’.


Read more at: Two drugs that prevent neurodegeneration in mice.
Two drugs that prevent neurodegeneration in mice.

Two drugs that prevent neurodegeneration in mice.

4 April 2018

A team of scientists under Professor Giovanna Mallucci, who a few years ago identified a major pathway that leads to brain cell death in mice, have now found two drugs that block the pathway and prevent neurodegeneration. The drugs, trazodone and dibenzoylmethane, caused minimal side effects in the mice and one is already...


Read more at: Cambridge Centre for Parkinson-Plus launched
Cambridge Centre for Parkinson-Plus launched

Cambridge Centre for Parkinson-Plus launched

23 March 2018

The Cambridge Centre for Parkinson-Plus was launched in March 2018 thanks to a large private donation.