dementia

Only a small proportion of cases of dementia are thought to be inherited – the cause of the vast majority is unknown. Now, in a study published today...

Researchers have developed a new way to target the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor...

Recent advances in brain imaging have enabled scientists to show for the first time that a key protein which causes nerve cell death spreads...

A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have designed antibodies that target the protein deposits in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease...

The University of Cambridge has been announced as one of the centres that will form the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) alongside Cardiff...

Public attitudes in UK and USA reveal support both for life-sustaining interventions and for measures to enable peaceful death in progressive...