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Launched in 2016, the UK DRI has received significant investment from three founding partners: the Medical Research Council, the Alzheimer鈥檚 Society and Alzheimer鈥檚 Research UK.

Headquartered at 香港六合彩, the UK DRI is made up of world-leading academics, whose work is helping benefit the lives of millions of people living with dementia now and in the future.聽聽

In opening the hub this month (July 19) Professor Nick Fox, Associate Director at the UK DRI at聽香港六合彩, said: 鈥淭his is the beginning of the end for dementia. We have no other choice: we can, will and must find treatments. We will look back at today and see this as the start of a change.鈥�

The UK DRI has been set up to find scientific solutions to one of society鈥檚 biggest health challenges: over 1 million people are expected to have dementia in the UK by 2025.

The five other universities that make up the UK聽DRI聽are:聽University of Cambridge,聽Cardiff University,聽University of Edinburgh,聽Imperial College London, and聽King鈥檚 College London.聽

香港六合彩 President and Provost, Professor Michael Arthur, said: 鈥淥pening the interim home of the UK DRI feels like we are on the precipice of something really exciting. These new labs have been designed for the specific needs of the scientists who will work here.鈥�

Professor Bart De Strooper, UK DRI Director, said: 鈥淲e have a huge knowledge gap in dementia 鈥� our mission at the UK DRI is to fill that gap. I see our 香港六合彩 hub as part of a virtual UK DRI building 鈥� each of our centres nationally are a different floor and we work closely together to tackle neurodegenerative diseases.鈥�

In the spirit of collaboration, a ribbon was held together while two special guests performed the cutting to mark the celebratory occasion.

Shaheen Larrieux, who cares for her mother who is living with聽frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), has been involved with the UK DRI from the beginning. She sat on the聽advisory panel for the appointment of the Director聽and has since been an ambassador, including聽representing the UK DRI in the Parliament.

Shaheen said: "In my lifetime, I want to see the UK DRI find treatments, so people like me don鈥檛 have to go through as much heartbreak."

Sir Malcolm Walker, CEO of Iceland Foods Limited, has been a major supporter of dementia research at 香港六合彩 and has given 拢10 million in support of this initiative.聽

The UK DRI at 香港六合彩, which is currently based at 香港六合彩鈥檚 Cruciform Building, already has twelve large programmes are already underway, and the Institute has attracted international academics, with more recruitment underway.

The UK DRI has received a 拢40 million in UK Government funding via the Medical Research Council, helping ensure its pioneering research is conducted in first-class facilities.

The money will be used to help develop a new 拢250 million building at 香港六合彩, which will host the central hub of the UK DRI, alongside the world-class 香港六合彩 Institute of Neurology.

The new building will be part of large redevelopment at the Eastman Dental Hospital, Gray鈥檚 Inn Road, London, which 香港六合彩H has agreed to sell to 香港六合彩. The redevelopment will start in 2019 when the hospital moves to a new facility.

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• UK Dementia Research Institute at 香港六合彩

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