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Leeds Neuroscience researchers win £6.5million in new funding
Three research groups in the School of Biomedical Sciences recently secured new funding: Professor Nikita Gamper leading a MRC Program grant (industrial collaboration Framework) in collaboration with Marzia Malcangio of Kings College London, Mauro Perretti of Queen Mary's University London and Eli Lilly & Co has acquired funding for a £3.5 million project to explore...
Parkinson's disease and the Brain's immune system
A new study by Dr Marine Krzisch has identified the role of the brain's immune system in Parkinson's disease. Microglia are brain cells that defend the brain against pathogens. In Parkinson’s disease, microglia get activated: they become hyper-alert, and it is thought they damage neurons. However, their exact role had remained unclear. In this study,...
Seeing inside Alzheimer’s disease brain
The Frank group investigating Alzheimer’s disease has determined the structure of molecules within a human brain for the very first time. Published in Nature, the study describes using cryo-electron tomography, guided by fluorescence microscopy, to explore deep inside an Alzheimer’s disease donor brain. This gave 3-dimensional maps in which they could observe proteins, the molecular building blocks of...
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