Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

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A new study published in Nature Neuroscience1 has uncovered significant insights into the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), providing a new understanding of how the disease damages the brain. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and led by researchers from the Allen Institute, this study used advanced brain mapping and genetic tools to explore the cellular-level changes that occur throughout AD. The findings reveal that Alzheimer's progresses in two distinct phases, offering potential avenues for early diagnosis and treatment strategies.

In this next Q&A we welcome Prof. Dr Murat Emre. Prof. Emre studied medicine in Istanbul University and specialized in neurology in Zurich University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. After his training he did fellowships in movement disorders in Queen Square Hospital London and in behavioural neurology in Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, he also worked in clinical research to develop new drugs for Parkinson's disease and Azlheimer disease. Upon his return to Turkey he founded the Movement Disorders and behavioural Neurology Unit in the Department of Neurology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine. His main areas of interest are Parkinson!'s disease, in particular cognitive aspects/dementia and Alzheimer disease.

In our next expert Q&A we are delighted to welcome Prof. Bengt Winblad. Prof. Winblad is a prominent figure in geriatric medicine and Alzheimer’s research, having served as Head of the Division of Neurogeriatrics at Karolinska Institutet and chaired the European Alzheimer Disease Consortium. He has made significant contributions to drug development and biomarker standardization […]