Molecular Basis of Alzheimer's Disease

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 7 a.m.

Listen to this week's podcast to hear Professor Louise Serpell and Dr Karen Marshall from the University of Sussex talk Biochemistry and drug development. Learn about what amyloid fibrils actually are, their structure, other diseases that are caused by them and ultimately what we can do with this knowledge. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk. A transcript of this podcast is also available on here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-molecular-basis-of-alzheimers-disease Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. We encourage all of our listeners to visit our website, it doesn’t matter if you are in the UK or elsewhere in the world as there is something there for everyone. We add new content every day, from blogs discussing peoples research and their careers, a full dementia and research events planner, details of all upcoming funding opportunities + lots more. Register today, and you’ll receive a short weekly news round-up email each Friday, to ensure you don't miss a think. Finally, we are now hosting a bi-weekly Whatsapp discussion (the week after each new podcast is released) which includes the panellists from this podcast. To talk to the panellists. ask questions and to chat about the 'Molecular Basis of Alzheimer's Disease' with the rest of our community join our Whatsapp group using this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BqxaDYhdjsML7doT6Qmbyd _________________________ If you would like to share your own experiences or discuss your research in a blog or on a podcast, drop us a line to dementiaresearcher@nihr.ac.uk or find us on twitter @dem_researcher This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.