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Academics land £2m prizes at Zuckerberg-backed 'science Oscars'

9 November 2015

Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) has been awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his pioneering research into the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia and Parkinson's disease. Read: Guardian, More: Times (£), Daily Mail, Financial Times, Huffington Post, Forbes, New York Times, New Scientist, Nature, UCL News, Watch: BBC Two 'Newsnight' (from 36mins 10secs), Daily Mail, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' (from 21mins 1sec), BBC Radio 5 live '5 Live Drive' (from 21mins 5secs)