Alzheimer's Research UK's guide to making a Will June 2023 - Flipbook - Page 7
THE JOURNEY
SO FAR
Gifts in Wills make one in three of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s life-changing research projects possible, helping to
protect our children, grandchildren and future generations from the heartbreak of dementia.
1998
2016
2018
developed a pioneering approach
to studying the build-up of the
tau protein in Alzheimer’s.
found that drugs targeting
the immune system could
improve memory in people
with Alzheimer’s.
improved our understanding of
early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
in people with Down’s syndrome.
2006
found a way of measuring levels
of the α-synuclein protein in
blood, advancing research into
dementia with Lewy bodies.
2014
2009
2013
highlighted dangers of antipsychotic drugs in dementia,
potentially saving thousands
of lives.
discovered 11 new risk genes for
Alzheimer’s, doubling the number
already known.
discovered two genes that can
increase the risk of developing
frontotemporal dementia.
ONE DAY
we will overcome dementia,
and you will have made it
possible. Thank you.
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