PUBLICATION. New research led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, with the participation of Michael Schöll from the University of Gothenburg shows for the first time that PET scans can track the progressive stages of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively normal adults, a key advance in the early diagnosis and staging of the neurodegenerative disorder. In the process, the scientists also obtained important clues about two Alzheimer’s-linked proteins –…
Colin L Masters: The Aβ amyloidogenic pathway: a voyage towards disease modifying treatments
SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY SEMINAR Speaker: Colin L Masters, Head of the Neurodegeneration Division and Laureate Professor, Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Host: Prof Kaj Blennow (kaj.blennow@neuro.gu.se) A light lunch is offered by the venue from 11:30 – first come first served basis. Colin Masters has focused his career on research in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. His work over the last 35 years is widely acknowledged…
Kaj Blennow receives the Söderberg Prize in Medicine
PRIZE. Professor Kaj Blennow at the Sahlgrenska Academy has been awarded the Söderberg Prize in Medicine 2016 for his research on Alzheimers disease. He has been awarded the prize of one million SEK for his “uniquely innovative research”. “I am extremely happy! It is a great honor to receive the Söderberg Prize in Medicine,” says Kaj Blennow. “It is also very gratifying that this type of clinically tied biochemical research…