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In conversation with Professors Colin Renfrew and John Barrett part 4

John introduces the concept of cognitive archaeology and asks Colin what sort of information do cognitive archaeologists need to develop their thinking?

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Potential natural modulators of dementia related pathogenic species

Why do most of us only get dementia when we grow old? One suggestion is that in the young, some proteins interact with the species known to be involved in dementia preventing them from becoming…

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Amyloid Disease: Are the oligomeric toxic species a good target for therapeutics?

It is believed that in many amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer’s, the primary toxic species responsible for neurodegeneration are small oligomers of the causative protein, rather than the…

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On the tail of invasive grey squirrels

How can scientists track the invasion of new species? Our students explain recent research that is helping find out where our invasive population of grey squirrels is coming from in an effort to…

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