XClose

UCL News

Home
Menu

Volunteers with Down’s syndrome could help find Alzheimer’s drugs

16 January 2025

Professor John Hardy (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) developed the amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimer's, where build-ups of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain are the primary cause of Alzheimer's.

Read: Economist (£)More: Economist Podcast