Motor Neurone Disease Association opens Manchester-based global DNA research...
A specialist DNA Bank based at The University of Manchester is now open to the worldwide research community, supporting more crucial discoveries about motor neurone disease (MND), a devastating...
View ArticleManchester scientist wins funds to study rarer form of dementia
A University of Manchester scientist has just been awarded more than £33,500 by Alzheimer’s Research UK to study the genetics of frontotemporal dementia.
View ArticleUniversity launches a curriculum to inform dementia education
The University of Manchester is part of a group of UK Universities who, as part of the Higher Education for Dementia Network (HEDN), co-ordinated and chaired by the charity Dementia UK, have developed...
View ArticleMaking dementia friendly neighbourhoods
A European team of experts led by The University of Manchester will explore, investigate and evaluate the role of the neighbourhood in the everyday lives of people with dementia and their families in a...
View ArticleManchester Pharmacy School runs Dementia Friends Training event
Dementia Friends is a national initiative that is being run by the Alzheimer's Society. People with dementia sometimes need a helping hand to go about their daily lives and feel included in their local...
View ArticleManchester dementia scientist shares latest findings at top research conference
A Manchester scientist will present his latest research on the genetics of frontotemporal dementia at a major dementia research conference.
View ArticleClinical Research Network: Greater Manchester launches
The new National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network: Greater Manchester launched this month.
View ArticleAlzheimer’s funding boost for Manchester scientist
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...
View ArticleUniversity of Manchester and Age UK agree research partnership
The University of Manchester and Age UK have agreed an innovative partnership that represents a major step in collaborative working on ageing research. The partnership will enhance the translation of...
View ArticleDepression in dementia more common in community care, study finds
A University of Manchester study of over 400 people in eight EU countries with severe dementia has found that those residing in long-term care homes are less likely to suffer from depressive symptoms...
View ArticleLeader in dementia services made CBE
The University of Manchester’s Professor Alistair Burns has been made a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours for services to health and social care – particularly dementia care.
View ArticleManchester scientist shares findings at UK’s top dementia research conference
Over 400 of the country’s leading dementia researchers will hear from University of Manchester PhD student Robert Andrew today (Tue 10 March), as he shares his latest findings at the UK’s largest...
View ArticleNew method helps establish south Asian perceptions of dementia
Dementia care for south Asian people could be improved after researchers from The University of Manchester adapted a commonly used tool for judging perceptions of the disease.
View ArticleBringing people together, Neighbourhoods and Dementia research study event
The University of Manchester led Neighbourhoods and Dementia research project recently brought together programme members, projects partners and people living with dementia for its "connecting us...
View ArticleDementia detection research a personal mission for PhD student
A University of Manchester PhD student has used MR scans in a new way to detect the devastating form of dementia that affected her late husband, raising the possibility of earlier diagnosis.
View ArticleMemories inspire young onset dementia service users’ music and art
People with young onset dementia and their carers came together to provide a moving musical and artistic performance that concluded a series of weekly sessions.
View ArticleOut of this world research to find new medicines welcomed by Manchester...
Expert researchers in Manchester have welcomed the decision by NASA to send fungus into space in order to try and create new drugs to help treat diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.
View ArticlePotential cause of dementia to be investigated with £1m grant
Stuart Pickering-Brown, Professor of Neurogenetics at The University of Manchester, has been awarded £1million from the Medical Research Council to study a common cause of dementia.
View ArticleUniversities in Salford and Manchester join forces to fight dementia
Manchester, Salford and Manchester Metropolitan Universities are teaming up in a new initiative to combat dementia in the region and beyond.
View ArticleEngaging the brain!
The collaborative efforts of the HooperLabs and the Dementia Clinical Research Group supported by Dementia@Manchester helped make the recent community open day run by colleagues in the Faculty of Life...
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