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Dementia is the greatest scientific, medical and socio-economic challenge of our times and affects more than 46 million people worldwide.ÌýAs populations age, dementia is inevitably going to become more common with devastating personal, social and economic implications.Ìý

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°Õ³ó±ðÌýÌýis a joint investment into dementia research led by the Medical Research Council alongside founding charity partners Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research UK. The Institute will be catalytic in the UK's research efforts to diagnose, treat, care for and prevent dementias, a group of neurodegenerative disorders which include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's disease and vascular dementia.ÌýThe hub of the is based at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.