A dementia scientist based at The University of Nottingham has been given a huge funding boost from Alzheimer’s Research UK to continue with his groundbreaking research.

Three researchers at the University of Southampton will benefit from close to £200,000 of extra funding from Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity.

Dementia research in Cambridge has been given a £2.3m boost this year from Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity.

A dementia researcher based at The University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has landed a £30k award from Alzheimer’s Research UK for a pioneering research project getting underway this month

Amyloid and tau are the two major proteins shown to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2014 shows that the build-up of a third protein, TDP-43, may also cause memory and thinking problems.

A new report – Defeat Dementia: The evidence and a vision for action – from Alzheimer’s Research UK, featuring analysis from Office of Health Economics (OHE), has modelled the impact of new treatments for dementia were they to be introduced in the UK from 2020.

Scientists have discovered that changes in blood pressure between middle age and old age may affect brain health later in life.

Researchers in the US and Italy have linked an unlikely protein to Alzheimer’s disease protection in mice.

Scientists in the US have found that regular infusions of blood plasma from young mice can help cognition in older mice.

A new research project to understand the causes of Alzheimer’s is getting underway in Aberdeen, thanks to a £22,000 funding award from Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity.