Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia
Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels can
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Nov. 16, 2023 • ~4 min
Nov. 16, 2023 • ~4 min
HIV drug helps protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins in mouse brains
Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain’s ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington’s disease and other forms of dementia – and how,
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April 26, 2023 • ~6 min
April 26, 2023 • ~6 min
Gene therapy approach to boost ‘cold shock protein’ in the brain without cooling protects mice against neurodegenerative disease
Scientists in Cambridge and Berlin have used a form of gene therapy to increase levels of the so-called ‘cold shock protein’ in the brains of mice, protecting
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March 24, 2023 • ~5 min
March 24, 2023 • ~5 min
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