Here at the Lewy Body Society, we get a lot of calls from and other bodies who are conducting research into dementia. As a charity, funding and supporting research is our main priority, as we know that dementia research is not as advanced as for other common health conditions. It would be wonderful to eventually […]
The Lewy Body Society, a charity dedicated to tackling the second most common form of dementia, has announced the latest recipients of its grants programme. The charity is awarding three grants totalling £314,000 for projects at the University of Cambridge, Newcastle University and Imperial College London. These grants take the total research funding issued by the charity […]
Our third grant for 2018/19 is for a project which will examine brain tissue from those with and without LBD to identify differences in brain cell degeneration. Project name An investigation of Brainstem Nuclei in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia Project team Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London […]
Our second grant for 2018/19 is for a project which aims to develop a new test for Lewy body dementia. Project name Developing biomechanical methods to detect dementia with Lewy bodies Project team Dr Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi, Dr Christopher Morris, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (more information here) Prof Phil Whitfield, University of the Highlands and […]
Our first grant for 2018/19 is for a project which aims to identify ‘repurposed’ treatments for Lewy body dementia Project name Drug Repurposing for Dementia with Lewy Bodies Project team Led by Professor John T O’Brien, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge (read Prof O’Brien’s biography here) Aim of the study To identify any existing drugs, […]
You are encouraged to take part in a research study conducted by University College London (UCL). The study aims to explore the opinions and knowledge of those in heritable disease communities regarding genome editing and its applications. This research is in the form of an online survey. The survey will explore the different aspects of […]
We would like to say a big thank you to the staff at PRP Architects for raising nearly £2,500 for us as their Charity of the Year. The Lewy Body Society was nominated by team coordinator Neave Brown, whose father has Lewy body dementia, and we were delighted to be chosen by the team. As […]
We love hearing about the wonderful ways that people raise money for the Lewy Body Society. Whether its running, walking (through our new Step up campaign) or holding a coffee morning or race night, we are so grateful to all our dedicated supporters. A group of friends and neighbours in the village of Marlcliff in […]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is reviewing the quality standards it will ask the NHS to focus on in future. These are areas that NHS services will be measured against to see how well they are performing. We recently asked for your feedback on the draft standards. Based on the responses […]
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