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SUMMARY:Alzheimer’s Disease: Addressing a Twenty-First Century Plague - 
 Professor Chris Dobson
DTSTART:20151123T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:*Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkins
 on’s diseases* arguably represent the greatest challenge to the social f
 abric and health care systems of much of the modern world. The most common
  neurodegenerative disorders are associated with protein misfolding and ag
 gregation\, and they therefore differ in nature from most other types of 
 disease and indeed there are at present no cures or even highly effective 
 treatments. Very signicant advances have\, however\, been made recently i
 n our knowledge of the molecular origins of these conditions\, and are now
  beginning to suggest new and rational therapeutic strategies by which to 
 combat their onset and progression. This talk will discuss recent approach
 es to this end that we are currently exploring within the framework of our
  growing mechanistic understanding of the fundamental nature of protein mi
 sfolding and aggregation.\n\n*Professor Chris Dobson* is the John Humphrey
  Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology at the University of
  Cambridge\, and Master of St John’s College. His research activities ar
 e primarily concerned with discovering the fundamental origins of neurodeg
 enerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases\, wit
 h the objective of identifying new strategies for their prevention or trea
 tment. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society\, the Royal Society of Chemistr
 y and the Academy of Medical Sciences\, and a Foreign Associate of the US 
 National Academy of Sciences.\n\nDrinks and nibbles will be available. For
  more information\, please visit our "website.":http://blackett.soc.srcf.n
 et/2015/alzheimers/\nYou can also join the event on "facebook.":https://ww
 w.facebook.com/events/953701334699961/
LOCATION:The Parlour | Magdalene College
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