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 …

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 …

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 …