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These key warning signs for young-onset dementia can easily be ignored or misdiagnosed, writes Professor Nick Fox (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) in an article for The Telegraph.

A major international research project involving UCL is underway to test whether a finger prick-style blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, even before symptoms begin.

Artificial intelligence (AI), using a simple blood test combined with standard brain images has, for the first time, been able to identify two biologically distinct types of multiple sclerosis (MS), in research led by UCL and Queen Square Analytics, a UCL spin out company.

Professor Schiavo (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) received the 2026 INA Basic Science Lifetime Achievement Award from the President at the bi-annual congress of the society.

Work alongside clinical experts, bioinformaticians, and basic scientific researchers at a world-leading institution to make a tangible difference to the NMD rare disease community.

Older adults with a common type of multiple sclerosis benefit from disease-modifying treatments just as much as younger patients, finds a UCL-led study.