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Award for a Pioneer of Alzheimer’s Research
British neuroscientist John Hardy will be awarded this year’s “Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize” which is endowed with 60,000 Euro. Piepenbrock and the DZNE herewith honor his seminal contributions to the study of Alzheimer’s disease.
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MetLife Foundation Award: Munich-based DZNE researcher receives coveted US prize for medical research
Professor Christian Haass, site speaker at the DZNE in Munich, yesterday has been honored by MetLife Foundation in the USA at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington DC. Haass, also director of the Adolf Butenandt Institute (chair of…
DZNE researcher becomes scientific leader of team developing national expert standard on "Nursing Care for People with Dementia"
The number of people in Germany who require nursing care has been rising steadily for years. Demographic developments indicate that this trend will continue. A parallel increase in the number of dementia patients is also being observed. These are important…
Diabetes medication reduces dementia risk
Treating people with type 2 diabetes, also known as "age-related diabetes" with antidiabetics reduces their risk for Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. The risk is most significantly reduced by the drug pioglitazone. Researchers of the DZNE draw this…
06/19/15 - DZNE and Bonn International School organize a "Young Researchers Day" for dementia research
On the activity day for primary school pupils at the Bonn International School (BIS), the DZNE gave around 150 children their first taste of the work of a research institution.
DZNE Researchers find speedometer in the brain
Researchers in Bonn have identified neural circuits in the brains of mice that are pivotal for movement and navigation in space. These nerve cells that are presumed to exist in a similar form in humans, give the start signal for locomotion and also supply the…
Fruit fly studies shed light on adaptability of nerve cells
An international team of researchers at DZNE and Tokyo Tech have revealed in a collaborative study - published today in Neuron, that neurons in the eye change on the molecular level when they are exposed to prolonged light.
Germany’s one-of-a-kind concept aiming to improve the at home medical care for dementia patients delivers first results
Yesterday, the participating scientists from DZNE, the Institute for Community Medicine at the University of Greifswald’s Medical Faculty and family practitioners discussed the status of the study during a symposium held on the occasion of the successfully…
University of Wisconsin-Madison and DZNE Agree to Collaborate on Alzheimer’s, Dementia Research
Officials of both institutions today agreed to collaborate on research efforts with the potential to improve outcomes for patients with neurodegenerative disease and for individuals at increased risk for developing these diseases. The collaboration will also…
Regeneration in a hostile environment - Cancer drug promotes regeneration of damaged neurons.
DZNE researchers show in Science: Cancer drug epothilone promotes neuronal regeneration and improves motor skills after experimental spinal cord injury.

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