Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone disease) and a common form of frontotemporal dementia.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a new property of essential proteins which, when it malfunctions, can cause the build up, or ‘aggregation’, of misshaped proteins and lead to serious diseases.
Professor Peter St. George-Hyslop of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research has been chosen as laureate of the 2014 Dan David Prize, together with Professor John Hardy of University College London and Professor Brenda Milner of McGill University, for their work on memory and disorders of memory.
A major new drive to understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease has begun in Cambridge.
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