Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone disease) and a common form of frontotemporal dementia.
Scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have identified a new property of essential proteins which, when it malfunctions, can cause the build up, or ‘aggregation’, of misshaped proteins and lead to serious diseases.
Professor Peter St. George-Hyslop of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research has been chosen as laureate of the 2014 Dan David Prize, together with Professor John Hardy of ̽»¨Ö±²¥ College London and Professor Brenda Milner of McGill ̽»¨Ö±²¥, for their work on memory and disorders of memory.
A major new drive to understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease has begun in Cambridge.
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