Latest news and links from Dementia Research Group
Press Releases
Alzheimer gene may boost young brains but contributes to ‘burnout’ in later years. Professor Jennifer Rusted
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/id/16498
New dementia procedure will speed up diagnosis. Dr Dennis Chan
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/id/16394
Terry Pratchett helps fund Alzheimer's research at Sussex. Professor Louise Serpell
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/media/media731.html
Upcoming conferences
FASEB Summer research conferences: Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Consequences of Protein Aggregation, 23rd-28th June, 2013 http://www.faseb.org/Science-Research-Conferences/Upcoming-Biology-Conferences.aspx
Alzheimer's Association International conference. Boston 13th-18th July, 2013 http://www.alz.org/aaic/
Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting. San Diego Nov9th-13th, 2013. http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=annualMeeting_futureandpast
Blogs
FDA and New Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease: Lowering the Bar or Circumventing a Roadblock?
Amyloid in Alzheimer’s Disease – The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?
http://sussexdrugdiscovery.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/amyloid-in-alzheimers-disease-the-end-of-the-beginning-or-the-beginning-of-the-end/