UK Biobank Epidemiological Study Into Dementia Risk Factors (BBC News / Medical Research Council)

Summary

A large-scale study, funded by the Medical Research Council, is to investigate the risk factors which contribute to the possibility of developing dementia. A third of a million adults in the UK, all of whom participated earlier in the UK Biobank programme, are to be invited to take part.  Participants, who previously submitted DNA samples and lifestyle information, will be asked to perform a series of memory and reasoning tests online. Important biomarker-related information may also be discovered.

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Walsh, F. (2014). Mass memory and reasoning tests ‘track dementia risk’. London: BBC Health News, May 2^nd 2014.

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Stephen Friend: The hunt for “unexpected genetic heroes”. [Online]: Ted Talks, [Recorded March 2014] May 29^th 2014.

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Walker, L. (2014). How large DNA banks help us to defeat dementia. London [Online]: Alzheimer’s Research UK, June 10^th 2014.

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