AAIC 2018 - Day One
This is the first of our podcasts recorded on location at the Alzheimer Association International Conference (AAIC) in Chicago. Each day we will be bringing you news and information from our panellists who are all presenting and attending the world largest dementia conference.\n\nToday\u2019s podcast is hosted by our own programme lead Adam Smith, he is joined by Dr Aoife Kiely from the Alzheimer\u2019s Society, Dr Jack Rivers-Auty from Manchester University and Riona McArdle a PhD student from Newcastle University.\n\nThe panel discuss their own presentations, the exuberant opening ceremony performance by the Chicago Boyz acrobatic team @ChicagoBoyzTeam, the fantastic research by Lennart Mucke from the Glasdstone institute on \u2018Aberent Network Activity in AD, and preclinical investigation to clinical trials\u2019, and other presentations and posters that caught their eye (including some scepticism on beers value in preventing dementia, and \u2018Plaque-Out\u2019 a nutraceutical supplement drink claiming to reduce b-amaloid (yes that\u2019s how they spelt it on their sign) plaque in up to 41% of patients.\n\nTune in again tomorrow for day two, and our next panel.