Pioneering research on Alzheimer’s disease prevention
The Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC) is the research institute of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation. It is devoted to the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and the study of cognitive functions affected in healthy and pathological aging.
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We validate centiloid metric as a reliable measure of Alzheimer's-related amyloid plaques
The work, led by the BBRC and published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, has been pivotal in securing the European Medicines Agency's approval of the Centiloid metric as a valid biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease.
Having treatments for Alzheimer's is a social emergency
It is crucial to continue research to develop new treatments that are safer and accessible to everyone.
We develop brain organoids from stem cells to explore the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s
The study, led by Dr. Laura García González, postdoctoral researcher in the Genomics Research Group of the Barcelonaßeta Brain Research Center, analyzes the biological and genetic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease.
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