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Alzheimer's Research UK

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We are the UK's leading dementia research charity and we won’t stop until everyone is free from the heartbreak of dementia. We stand #ForACure. 🟧

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Over 5,000 scientists from 70 countries met in Vienna this month to share ideas about the future of dementia research. We heard the latest on new treatments, early diagnosis and a new era of precision medicine. Read our key highlights: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/vienna-co…

Over 5,000 scientists from 70 countries met in Vienna this month to share ideas about the future of dementia research. We heard the latest on new treatments, early diagnosis and a new era of precision medicine.

Read our key highlights: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/vienna-co…
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We are delighted to have David Prescott on our TCS London Marathon team. He’s running the race for dementia research in memory of his father, former Deputy Prime Minister Lord John Prescott, who died with Alzheimer’s disease. alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/lord-john…

We are delighted to have <a href="/DavidPrescott/">David Prescott</a> on our <a href="/LondonMarathon/">TCS London Marathon</a> team. He’s running the race for dementia research in memory of his father, former Deputy Prime Minister Lord John Prescott, who died with Alzheimer’s disease. 

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Some brain cells are resistant to a rare type of dementia, called Frontotemporal dementia. To find out how this happens, Dr Teresa Niccoli (Niccoli Lab) zooms in on the fruit fly brain. Read more in our new feature: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/how-nerve…

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Good luck to all our incredible teams running the London and Manchester marathons today! 🏃‍♀️ Thank you for every step you take #ForACure - you've got this! 🧡

Good luck to all our incredible teams running the London and Manchester marathons today! 🏃‍♀️

Thank you for every step you take #ForACure - you've got this! 🧡
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Our amazing researchers, Prof Selina Wray & Dr Steven Quinn, are working hard to find a cure, & this weekend they've taken us a step closer by running the TCS London Marathon for dementia research! If you’ve been inspired enter the ballot to get a place: londonmarathonevents.co.uk/london-maratho…

Our amazing researchers, Prof Selina Wray &amp; Dr Steven Quinn, are working hard to find a cure, &amp; this weekend they've taken us a step closer by running the <a href="/LondonMarathon/">TCS London Marathon</a> for dementia research! 

If you’ve been inspired enter the ballot to get a place: londonmarathonevents.co.uk/london-maratho…
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You might have seen our wonderful fundraiser, Kat, in our Big Ben costume over the weekend as she took on @londonmarathon 🏃🏅 Show your support and help Kat reach her fundraising goal this year: justgiving.com/fundraising/k-…

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The READ-OUT trial, which is looking at blood tests that could help diagnose dementia more accurately and quickly is now underway in Surrey. This work, part of the Blood Biomarker Challenge, is providing evidence needed to bring blood tests into the NHS. Find out more about the

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New blood tests could transform dementia diagnosis – and we know most people would take one. But what do doctors, nurses and hospital bosses think about these tests and using them in the #NHS? We asked them. 👇 alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/doctors-a…

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Scotland has said “no” to second Alzheimer’s drug #donanemab just months after lecanemab was also rejected for use by the #NHS in Scotland. Find out more about the decision and what it means for you: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/scotland-…

Scotland has said “no” to second Alzheimer’s drug #donanemab just months after lecanemab was also rejected for use by the #NHS in Scotland.
 
Find out more about the decision and what it means for you: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/scotland-…
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As part of our partnership with @Railway200, our Exec Director, Philip Dunn, was invited to share his own special rail connections & memories. Great Rail Tales is a celebration of the railway, its people & shares stories about all aspects of railway life. railway200.co.uk/podcast/philip…

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Researchers are seeking the views of people affected by dementia about which existing drugs they think might be best to repurpose to treat dementia. Want to share your thoughts and learn more about repurposed drugs? Read more below 👇 alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/could-exi…

Researchers are seeking the views of people affected by dementia about which existing drugs they think might be best to repurpose to treat dementia.  

Want to share your thoughts and learn more about repurposed drugs? Read more below 👇 

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🌸 Spring into action #ForACure! Join our Spring raffle to help fund dementia research. 🧡 🏆 1st: £5,000 | 🥈 £700 | 🥉 £250 🎟️ Plus 20 x £20 voucher prizes! Enter by 15 July | Draw 16 July. Your ticket will help us in finding a cure. Good luck! 🤩👇 aruk.raffleentry.org.uk/?utm_campaign=…

🌸 Spring into action #ForACure!

Join our Spring raffle to help fund dementia research. 🧡

🏆 1st: £5,000 | 🥈 £700 | 🥉 £250
🎟️ Plus 20 x £20 voucher prizes!

Enter by 15 July | Draw 16 July. Your ticket will help us in finding a cure.

Good luck! 🤩👇

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Our Walk For A Cure series begins today at Harewood House in Leeds! Good luck and a huge thank you to everyone who's taking part or volunteering at Walk For A Cure 2025 - you're directly supporting our mission #ForACure. There's still time to register and we're at more

Our Walk For A Cure series begins today at Harewood House in Leeds!

Good luck and a huge thank you to everyone who's taking part or volunteering at Walk For A Cure 2025 - you're directly supporting our mission #ForACure.

There's still time to register and we're at more
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Our ambassador Scott Mitchell speaks to The Mirror ahead of Dementia Action Week (19 – 25 May) about the work he continues in his wife Dame Barbara Windsor’s honour. Scott has called for a meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting to ensure Government is redoubling its

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A massive thank you to everyone who took part and volunteered at our first #WalkForACure event of 2025. We had an amazing time at Harewood House in Leeds today! We'll see you next at Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday 8 June.

A massive thank you to everyone who took part and volunteered at our first #WalkForACure event of 2025.

We had an amazing time at Harewood House in Leeds today!

We'll see you next at Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday 8 June.
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What’s good for your heart is great for your brain! 🧠🧡 Watch our researcher, Toby, cook a mackerel pasta dish whilst sharing how a healthy diet supports brain health. Thank you to our partner, John West UK, for standing with us #ForACure by being a Think Brain Health

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A new study by The BMJ suggests a link between the herpes virus - which can cause cold sores - and Alzheimer’s disease. But this is very early work, and more research is needed to understand how infections may affect dementia. Our Director of Research, Dr Sheona Scales,

A new study by <a href="/bmj_latest/">The BMJ</a> suggests a link between the herpes virus - which can cause cold sores - and Alzheimer’s disease. 

But this is very early work, and more research is needed to understand how infections may affect dementia. 

Our Director of Research, Dr Sheona Scales,