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SUMMARY:New Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Neurodegenerative D
 iseases - Professor Chris Dobson FRS\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20131126T190000Z
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CONTACT:Isabel Wilkinson
DESCRIPTION:Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinso
 n’s diseases arguably represent the greatest challenge to the social fab
 ric and health care systems of much of the modern world. The predominant r
 eason for their rapidly increasing prevalence is the increase in longevity
  that has resulted from the tremendous advances in public health and hygie
 ne and in medical and surgical interventions over the last century. The mo
 st common neurodegenerative disorders are associated with protein misfoldi
 ng and aggregation\, and they therefore differ in nature from most other t
 ypes of disease and indeed there are at present no cures or even highly ef
 fective treatments. Very significant advances have\, however\, been made r
 ecently in our knowledge of the molecular origins of these conditions\, an
 d are now beginning to suggest new and rational therapeutic strategies by 
 which to combat their onset and progression. This talk will discuss recent
  approaches to this end that we are currently exploring within the framewo
 rk of our growing mechanistic understanding of the fundamental nature of p
 rotein misfolding and aggregation.
LOCATION:Yusuf Hamied Theatre\, Christ's College
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