Articles tagged with 'Alzheimers' | University of Manchester

Early results from PharmaKure, a pharmaceutical company spun out from The University of Manchester, shows a novel whole blood test developed by the company is able to quantify Alzheimer’s Disease biomarkers. PharmaKure’s proprietary ALZmetrixTM blood...

This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to one of the more controversial lines of research.When I was abou...

A gallery of “breath-taking” images and videos which shine a light on crucial dementia research have been released today by Alzheimer’s Society’s first ever research image competition which was won by a University of Manchester researcher....

A study of the differences between healthy brains and those with Alzheimer’s Disease has produced largest dataset of its type ever.

Atthapon Raksthapu/Shutterstock.com Ruth Itzhaki, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology, writes More than 30m people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s disease – the most common form of dementia. Unfortunately, there is no cure, only dru...