World-leading scientist secures funding for gene research
10 December 2010
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A world leader in dementia research is embarking on a major study into Alzheimer's disease in London, funded by a grant from the Alzheimer's Research Trust, the UK's leading dementia research charity.
Professor John Hardy FRS and his team at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
Institute of Neurology (Department
of Molecular Neuroscience) , are beginning an ambitious new study
that will see them attempt to identify genes that increase the risk of
developing Alzheimer's.
Funded by a £346,000 grant from the
Alzheimer's Research Trust, Prof Hardy plans to sequence every gene in
500 people with Alzheimer's, and will compare them with the genes of
healthy people.
Their work will reveal the genetic changes
responsible for Alzheimer's, giving doctors a better chance of
predicting who is at risk of developing the disease.
Prof Hardy
said: "Britain has played a leading role in research into the genetics
of Alzheimer's disease, and already we are beginning to make real
progress. This study should give us a much greater understanding of the
causes of Alzheimer's, and should also tell us more about how we can
intervene and stop the disease progressing."
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