Claire Durrant
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Group leader using human brain slice models to study Alzheimer’s disease at the University of Edinburgh. Race Against Dementia Dyson Fellow & Emerging Leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute. Mum, wife, nature lover. (Photo:Chris Watt)
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Anna Mallach
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· Jun 13
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The Guardian
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· Apr 30
Living human brain tissue used to mimic Alzheimer’s in breakthrough study
Exclusive: British team exposed live cells to toxic proteins to gather rare insight into how dementia develops
Scientists have used living human brain tissue to mimic the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, in a breakthrough that will accelerate the hunt for a cure.
In a world first, a British team successfully exposed healthy brain tissue from living NHS patients to a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s – taken from patients who died from the disease – to show how it damages connections between brain cells in real time. Continue reading...
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Dr Soraya M
@sorayam.bsky.social
· Apr 30
Divergent actions of physiological and pathological amyloid-β on synapses in live human brain slice cultures
Nature Communications - Understanding synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease has been hampered by a lack of human model systems. Here, the authors show that manipulation of physiological or...
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Sam Halpert
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· Apr 15
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