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NBTR represented at worlds biggest Alzheimer's Disease conference
Debbie Lett (Manager of the Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource and BDR Deputy Director) and Nicky Barnett (Manager at the BDR Coordinating Centre) recently travelled to Philadelphia to represent Brains for Dementia Research ( BDR) at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference ( AAIC). AAIC is the biggest meeting of dementia researchers from across the globe with more than 15 000 attendees. We spoke with many researchers who are all immensely grateful for the generosity of donors who enable this research to take place. We are hoping to raise awareness of the Brains for Dementia cohort which can provide both serial data collection in life and standardised neuropathology, together with stem cells and in-vivo blood samples. This is a fantastic resource for dementia researchers. Newcastle is both the coordinating centre of this network and one of the regional centres.