Wednesday 25 October 2017
DEMENTIA is now the world’s biggest global health challenge, according to the G8 group of nations, but what is it and how can we tackle it?
At Pi: Baffled by Brains at Manchester Science Festival, this Saturday 28 October, researchers from the University of Salford’s Biomedical Research Centre and Institute for Dementia will be explaining all.
How do our brains work? What happens when they breakdown? And how might research here in Manchester/Salford prevent brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s?
What research?
Visitors can take part in immersive and interactive activities which showcase the brain’s function and dysfunction and pose questions about the latest research to the scientists themselves.
Holder also of an Alzheimer’s Research UK grant to explore Frontotemporal dementia, which affects younger people, Gemma spoke to us on camera to explain more.